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In a hotter world, rice—an important source of nutrition for hundreds of millions of people around the world—sucks more arsenic out of the soil, creating arsenic-laced kernels (arsenic-infused rice won’t kill you, but chronic exposure has been linked to breast and bladder cancer, as well as neurological issues in young children).
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
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