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 contamination of groundwater: a review of sources, prevalence, health risks, and strategies for mitigation

S Shankar, U Shanker, Shikha - The scientific world journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Arsenic contamination of groundwater in different parts of the world is an outcome of natural
and/or anthropogenic sources, leading to adverse effects on human health and ecosystem …

Removal of metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, and Co) from drinking water by oxidation-coagulation-absorption at optimized pH

AJ Bora, RK Dutta - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Removal of some metals, viz., Cd, Pb, Ni, Cr, Cu, and Co by oxidation-coagulation-
adsorption at optimized pH (OCOP), an efficient and low cost method for simultaneous …

A critical overview of household slow sand filters for water treatment

BLS Freitas, UC Terin, NMN Fava, PMF Maciel… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Household, or point-of-use (POU), water treatments are effective alternatives to provide safe
drinking water in locations isolated from a water treatment and distribution network. The …

Review of arsenic contamination, exposure through water and food and low cost mitigation options for rural areas

AK Sharma, JC Tjell, JJ Sloth, PE Holm - Applied Geochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a toxic metalloid found to be an important groundwater contaminant of mainly
natural geogenic origin worldwide particularly in large deltas and along major rivers in poor …

Health risk assessment of inorganic arsenic intake of Cambodia residents through groundwater drinking pathway

K Phan, S Sthiannopkao, KW Kim, MH Wong, V Sao… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
In order to compare the magnitudes and health impacts of arsenic and other toxic trace
elements in well water, groundwater and hair samples were collected from three areas with …

Prediction of contamination potential of groundwater arsenic in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand using artificial neural network

KH Cho, S Sthiannopkao, YA Pachepsky, KW Kim… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
The arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater has increasingly been recognized as a
major global issue of concern. As groundwater resources are one of most important …

Iron oxide amended biosand filters for virus removal

I Bradley, A Straub, P Maraccini, S Markazi, TH Nguyen - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Laboratory studies were performed to determine if the addition of iron oxides throughout
biosand filter (BSF) media would increase virus removal due to adsorption. The proposed …

[HTML][HTML] A novel arsenic removal process for water using cupric oxide nanoparticles

KJ Reddy, KJ McDonald, H King - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent studies suggest that the cupric oxide (CuO) nanoparticles effectively adsorb
aqueous arsenic species under a wide range of water chemistries. However, to develop …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiating nanomaghemite and nanomagnetite and discussing their importance in arsenic and lead removal from contaminated effluents: A critical review

JA Ramos-Guivar, DA Flores-Cano… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Arsenic and lead heavy metals are polluting agents still present in water bodies, including
surface (lake, river) and underground waters; consequently, the development of new …