A lot of anthropogenic activities can discharge arsenic into the ecosystem such as industrial
wastes, incineration of municipal, pesticide production and wood preserving. In addition …

This book provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste
characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process …

Arsenic concentrations in shallow, reducing groundwaters in Bengal, Southeast Asia, and
elsewhere constitute a major hazard to the health of people using these waters for drinking …

Natural organic matter (NOM) can contribute to arsenic (As) mobilization as an electron
donor for microbially-mediated reductive dissolution of As-bearing Fe (III)(oxyhydr) oxides …

To reduce the adverse effects of arsenic on humans, various technologies are used to
remove arsenic from groundwater, most relying on As adsorption on Fe-(oxyhydr) oxides …

Chronic exposure to groundwater containing elevated concentrations of geogenic
contaminants such as arsenic (As) and uranium (U) can lead to detrimental health impacts …

Arsenic (As) is a metalloid that can accumulate in eutrophic lakes and cause adverse health
effects to people worldwide. However, the seasonal process and dynamic mechanism for As …

Biogeochemical processes that utilize dissolved organic carbon are widely thought to be
responsible for the liberation of arsenic from sediments to shallow groundwater in south and …

Microbes may play a key role in the mobilization of arsenic present in elevated
concentrations within the aquifers extensively exploited for irrigation and drinking water in …

Poorly crystalline Fe (III) oxyhydroxides, ubiquitously distributed as mineral coatings and
discrete particles in aquifer sediments, are well-known hosts of sedimentary As. Microbial …