Arsenic (As) contamination is a well-recognized environmental and health issue, threatening
over 200 million people worldwide with the prime cases in South and Southeast Asian and …

Arsenic (As) is found in waters such as seawater, warm springs, groundwater, rivers, and
lakes. In aquatic environments, As occurs as a mixture of arsenate and arsenite, with …

Elevation of arsenic levels in soils causes considerable concern with respect to plant uptake
and subsequent entry into wildlife and human food chains. Arsenic speciation in the …

This paper reviews major processes that potentially affect the fate of arsenic in the
rhizosphere of plants. Rhizosphere interactions are deemed to play a key role in controlling …

Microorganisms play important roles in the environmental fate of toxic metals and
radionuclides with a multiplicity of mechanisms effecting transformations between soluble …

SUMMARY A significant 19th century public health problem was that the inhabitants of many
houses containing wallpaper decorated with green arsenical pigments experienced illness …

Arsenic (As) contamination and its adverse consequences on rice agroecosystem are well
known. Rice has the credit to feed more than 50% of the world population but concurrently …

Arsenic contamination in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem is a serious environmental issue.
Both natural and anthropogenic processes can introduce it into the environment. The …

Mildly acidic metal (Cu, Zn, Ni, Fe, Al and Mg), arsenic and sulfate contaminated waters
were treated, over a 14 day period at 25° C, in a bench-scale upflow anaerobic packed bed …

According to recent reports, millions of people across the globe are suffering from arsenic
(As) toxicity. Arsenic is present in different oxidative states in the environment and enters in …