Arsenic contamination, consequences and remediation techniques: a review

R Singh, S Singh, P Parihar, VP Singh… - … and environmental safety, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The exposure to low or high concentrations of arsenic (As), either due to the direct
consumption of As contaminated drinking water, or indirectly through daily intake of As …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic contamination of groundwater: A global synopsis with focus on the Indian Peninsula

E Shaji, M Santosh, KV Sarath, P Prakash… - Geoscience …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
More than 2.5 billion people on the globe rely on groundwater for drinking and providing
high-quality drinking water has become one of the major challenges of human society …

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 …

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 …

Status and management of arsenic pollution in groundwater: A comprehensive appraisal of recent global scenario, human health impacts, sustainable field-scale …

MK Yadav, D Saidulu, AK Gupta, PS Ghosal… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The arsenic occurrence in groundwater and the associated health impacts has been a
global issue for the last few decades. Chronic exposure to arsenic can cause skin lesions …

Arsenic in groundwater: a threat to sustainable agriculture in South and South-east Asia

H Brammer, P Ravenscroft - Environment international, 2009‏ - Elsevier
The problem of arsenic pollution of groundwater used for domestic water supplies is now
well recognised in Bangladesh, India and some other countries of South and South-east …

Chronic arsenic toxicity & human health

DNG Mazumder - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2008‏ - journals.lww.com
Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) due to drinking of arsenic contaminated ground water
is a major environmental health hazard throughout the world including India. A lot of new …

A review on sources, toxicity and remediation technologies for removing arsenic from drinking water

A Basu, D Saha, R Saha, T Ghosh, B Saha - Research on Chemical …, 2014‏ - Springer
Arsenic is a natural element found in the environment in organic and inorganic forms. The
inorganic form is much more toxic and is found in ground water, surface water and many …

Hydrogeochemical investigation and groundwater quality assessment of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh

AK Tiwari, AK Singh - … of the Geological Society of India, 2014‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Hydogrochemical investigation of groundwater resources of Paragraph district has been
carried out to assess the solute acquisition processes and water quality for domestic and …