RETRACTED ARTICLE: Exposure to the global rice trade

A comparative study of arsenic and cadmium in rice consumed in Haiti

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SELF-RETRACTION NOTICE

This notice is to announce self-retraction of the article “Exposure to the global rice trade: A comparative study of arsenic and cadmium in rice consumed in Haiti,” published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development in February 2024. We, the authors—Victoria Koski-Karell, Rolinx Monprevil, Justin Schell, Natalie Sampson, Simone Charles, and Jaclyn Goodrich—are retracting this article with the intention to revise and submit for peer review. After initial publication, our readership raised concerns about the interpretation of results in our article. Our study measured total arsenic in domestic and imported rice samples collected from the same markets in Haiti. Most health guidelines are based on inorganic arsenic concentrations. Since the proportion of total arsenic that is inorganic arsenic can vary widely in rice, referencing these guidelines was potentially confusing and misleading to readers. This was unintentional, and we plan to revise the article with clear and concise interpretation of results. We will also reduce the discussion about the socio-political context that these results occur in and focus our discussion on the results obtained directly from our study.