Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater

A Mukherjee, P Coomar, S Sarkar… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Geogenic groundwater contaminants (GGCs) affect drinking-water availability and safety,
with up to 60% of groundwater sources in some regions contaminated by more than …

Geomorphic change in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta

A Paszkowski, S Goodbred Jr, E Borgomeo… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
More than 70% of large deltas are under threat from rising sea levels, subsidence and
anthropogenic interferences, including the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta, the …

Global threat of arsenic in groundwater

J Podgorski, M Berg - Science, 2020 - science.org
Naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater affects millions of people worldwide. We created
a global prediction map of groundwater arsenic exceeding 10 micrograms per liter using a …

Arsenic in groundwater of West Bengal, India: a review of human health risks and assessment of possible intervention options

S Bhowmick, S Pramanik, P Singh, P Mondal… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviews how active research in West Bengal has unmasked the endemic
arsenism that has detrimental effects on the health of millions of people and their offspring. It …

Genesis of geogenic contaminated groundwater: As, F and I

Y Wang, J Li, T Ma, X **e, Y Deng… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic exposure to geogenic contaminated groundwaters (GCGs) has caused serious
health problems among billions of people worldwide. The hydrogeological features, main …

The groundwater arsenic contamination in the Bengal Basin-A review in brief

A Sarkar, B Paul, GK Darbha - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of arsenic in the groundwater of the densely-populated Bengal Basin evolved
as a mass-poisoning agent and is a reason for the misery of millions of people living here …

Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater arsenic in South and Southeast Asia

S Fendorf, HA Michael, A Van Geen - Science, 2010 - science.org
Over the past few decades, groundwater wells installed in rural areas throughout the major
river basins draining the Himalayas have become the main source of drinking water for tens …

The river–groundwater interface as a hotspot for arsenic release

I Wallis, H Prommer, M Berg, AJ Siade, J Sun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Geogenic groundwater arsenic (As) contamination is pervasive in many aquifers in south
and southeast Asia. It is feared that recent increases in groundwater abstractions could …

Speciation characteristics, ecological risk assessment, and source apportionment of heavy metals in the surface sediments of the Gomishan wetland

F Kachoueiyan, A Karbassi, T Nasrabadi… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal contamination is one of the worldwide environmental issues. The main aim of this
study was to evaluate the concentration, probable environmental risk, and source of …

Machine-learning predictions of high arsenic and high manganese at drinking water depths of the glacial aquifer system, northern continental United States

ML Erickson, SM Elliott, CJ Brown… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Globally, over 200 million people are chronically exposed to arsenic (As) and/or manganese
(Mn) from drinking water. We used machine-learning (ML) boosted regression tree (BRT) …