but most experts believe
that ingestion of these small amounts of arsenic pose minimal risk
when eaten as part of a balanced diet. Food And Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
established 0.126 mg d1 as a provisional maximum tolerable
daily intake for ingested arsenic (FAO, 2006). The present study
revealed that the high Arsenic content in O. mossambicus is of great
concern of health risks especially for rural families of arsenic contaminated
areas. Since,