Cadmium-tainted rice only found in regions

Experts say study should be taken with grain of salt, panic is uncalled for

SHANGHAI - Recent research has concluded that 10 percent of the rice sold in national markets is likely to be tainted with heavy metals, but agricultural experts said the pollution is confined to particular regions and there is no call for panic.

The report comes from the Nanjing Agricultural University's Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture.