India, May 5 -- Rice, the lifeblood of Indian cuisine, is now under threat. A recent international study published in The Lancet Planetary Health warns that climate change may be fuelling a dangerous rise in inorganic arsenic levels in rice, potentially triggering a surge in cancer cases across Asia by 2050

Rice, the lifeblood of Indian cuisine, is now under threat. A recent international study published in The Lancet Planetary Healthwarns that climate change may be fuelling a dangerous rise in inorganic arsenic levels in rice, potentially triggering a surge in cancer cases across Asia by 2050.

Rice is one of the earliest cereals known to humanity and especially held in great reverence in India, with the ancient Vedic scriptures mention...