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 …

Arsenic in the geo-environment: A review of sources, geochemical processes, toxicity and removal technologies

NJ Raju - Environmental research, 2022 - Elsevier
Impact of arsenic (As) contaminated groundwater on human health, through drinking and
irrigation practices, is of grave-concern worldwide. This paper present the review of various …

[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 …

Sustainable options for fertilizer management in agriculture to prevent water contamination: A review

AL Srivastav, N Patel, L Rani, P Kumar, I Dutt… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Synthetic fertilizers have been revolutionary in the way that the increased production of food
crops has increased as a result of the application of synthetic fertilizers. Despite the fact that …

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 …

Arsenic in a groundwater environment in Bangladesh: Occurrence and mobilization

ME Huq, S Fahad, Z Shao, MS Sarven, IA Khan… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Groundwater with an excessive level of Arsenic (As) is a threat to human health. In
Bangladesh, out of 64 districts, the groundwater of 50 and 59 districts contains As exceeding …

Extensive arsenic contamination in high-pH unconfined aquifers in the Indus Valley

JE Podgorski, SAMAS Eqani, T Khanam, R Ullah… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Arsenic-contaminated aquifers are currently estimated to affect~ 150 million people around
the world. However, the full extent of the problem remains elusive. This is also the case in …

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 …