TY - CHAP
T1 - Global context of arsenic contamination in groundwater aquifers
AU - Abedin, Md Anwarul
AU - Shaw, Rajib
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The contamination of groundwater by natural arsenic is currently a worldwide epidemic. Arsenic-contaminated groundwater has been reported in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, China, Hungary, West Bengal in India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. Of these regions, Bangladesh and West Bengal are the most seriously affected in terms of the size of the population at risk and magnitude of health problems. Hence, chronic exposure to arsenic >5000μg/L in drinking water can result in serious health problems. Common symptoms of arsenic-related ailments are skin, cardiovascular, renal, hematological, and respiratory disorders. Therefore, this chapter focuses on nature, origin, and extent of groundwater arsenic contamination, probable causes, and its impacts on food, drinking water, and social coverage. It further discloses mitigation approaches proposed and practiced by the different research groups to combat this problem and finally concludes.
AB - The contamination of groundwater by natural arsenic is currently a worldwide epidemic. Arsenic-contaminated groundwater has been reported in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, China, Hungary, West Bengal in India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. Of these regions, Bangladesh and West Bengal are the most seriously affected in terms of the size of the population at risk and magnitude of health problems. Hence, chronic exposure to arsenic >5000μg/L in drinking water can result in serious health problems. Common symptoms of arsenic-related ailments are skin, cardiovascular, renal, hematological, and respiratory disorders. Therefore, this chapter focuses on nature, origin, and extent of groundwater arsenic contamination, probable causes, and its impacts on food, drinking water, and social coverage. It further discloses mitigation approaches proposed and practiced by the different research groups to combat this problem and finally concludes.
KW - Arsenic contamination
KW - Global distribution
KW - Groundwater
KW - Impacts
KW - Removal methods
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U2 - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2013)0000013008
DO - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2013)0000013008
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84901442421
SN - 9781781908822
T3 - Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
SP - 23
EP - 49
BT - Water Insecurity
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -