Arsenic and fluoride contamination in groundwater: a review of global scenarios with special reference to India

PK Jha, P Tripathi - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2021 - Elsevier
The groundwater contamination with arsenic and fluoride has threatened the well-being of a
vast number of people worldwide. Countries of South-East Asia, including Bangladesh …

Scenario, perspectives and mechanism of arsenic and fluoride co-occurrence in the groundwater: a review

M Kumar, R Goswami, AK Patel, M Srivastava, N Das - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) and fluoride (F−) are the two most conspicuous contaminants, in terms of
distribution and menace, in aquifers around the world. While the majority of studies focus on …

Arsenic exposure in Indo Gangetic plains of Bihar causing increased cancer risk

A Kumar, M Ali, R Kumar, M Kumar, P Sagar… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Reportedly, 300 million people worldwide are affected by the consumption of arsenic
contaminated groundwater. India prominently figures amongst them and the state of Bihar …

Association of arsenic with adverse pregnancy outcomes/infant mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Quansah, FA Armah, DK Essumang… - Environmental …, 2015 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Exposure to arsenic is one of the major global health problems, affecting> 300
million people worldwide, but arsenic's effects on human reproduction are uncertain …

Update of the risk assessment of inorganic arsenic in food

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - EFSA …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to update its 2009 risk assessment on
arsenic in food carrying out a hazard assessment of inorganic arsenic (iAs) and using the …

Sustainable water management in rice cultivation reduces arsenic contamination, increases productivity, microbial molecular response, and profitability

A Majumdar, MK Upadhyay, B Giri, P Yadav… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Arsenic (As) and silicon (Si) are two structurally competitive natural elements where
Si minimises As accumulation in rice plants, and based on this two-year field trial, the study …

Natural arsenic in global groundwaters: distribution and geochemical triggers for mobilization

I Herath, M Vithanage, J Bundschuh, JP Maity… - Current Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
The elevated concentration of arsenic (As) in the groundwaters of many countries worldwide
has received much attention during recent decades. This article presents an overview of the …

[HTML][HTML] Coal as an energy source and its impacts on human health

J Gasparotto, KDB Martinello - Energy Geoscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Attempts to secure more energy, food, and infrastructure leave a trail of environmental
contamination and human health hazards. Coal is a fossil fuel and nonrenewable energy …

Arsenic groundwater contamination and its health effects in Patna district (capital of Bihar) in the middle Ganga plain, India

D Chakraborti, MM Rahman, S Ahamed, RN Dutta… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigated the extent and severity of groundwater arsenic (As) contamination in five
blocks in Patna district, Bihar, India along with As in biological samples and its health effects …

Occurrence, predictors and hazards of elevated groundwater arsenic across India through field observations and regional-scale AI-based modeling

A Mukherjee, S Sarkar, M Chakraborty… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Existence of wide spread elevated concentrations of groundwater arsenic (As) across South
Asia, including India, has endangered a huge groundwater-based drinking water dependent …