Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater

A Mukherjee, P Coomar, S Sarkar… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Geogenic groundwater contaminants (GGCs) affect drinking-water availability and safety,
with up to 60% of groundwater sources in some regions contaminated by more than …

Distribution, formation and human-induced evolution of geogenic contaminated groundwater in China: A review

Y Jia, B Xi, Y Jiang, H Guo, Y Yang, X Lian… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The sustainability of groundwater usage faces quality problem caused by anthropogenic
activity as well as geogenic contamination. With varied climate zones, geomorphology and …

Quality and health risk evaluation for groundwater in Nadia district, West Bengal: an approach on its suitability for drinking and domestic purpose

A Das, SS Das, NR Chowdhury, M Joardar… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work comprises the evaluation of twenty physico-chemical parameters in 110
ground water samples from 17 blocks of Nadia district located in West Bengal, for its quality …

Phosphate mineral fertilizers, trace metals and human health

R Chandrajith, CB Dissanayake - Journal of the National Science …, 2009 - jnsfsl.sljol.info
Fertilizers, indispensable as they may seem, are nevertheless materials that also clearly
cause serious environmental contamination notably in the agricultural soils. The dire …

The current state and future directions of percolation leaching in the Chinese mining industry: Challenges and opportunities

I Ilankoon, Y Tang, Y Ghorbani, S Northey… - Minerals …, 2018 - Elsevier
China is one of the most rapidly growing economies in the world and this growth is
underpinned by growing demand for natural resources to meet base and precious metals …

Provenance, prevalence and health perspective of co-occurrences of arsenic, fluoride and uranium in the aquifers of the Brahmaputra River floodplain

N Das, A Das, KP Sarma, M Kumar - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The present work focuses on understanding the provenance, prevalence and health
perspective of As and F− along with possible co-occurrence of uranium (U) in the aquifers of …

Distribution and potential health risk of groundwater uranium in Korea

W Shin, J Oh, S Choung, BW Cho, KS Lee, U Yun… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Chronic exposure even to extremely low specific radioactivity of natural uranium in
groundwater results in kidney problems and potential toxicity in bones. This study was …

Occurrence, behavior and distribution of high levels of uranium in shallow groundwater at Datong basin, northern China

Y Wu, Y Wang, X Xie - Science of the Total Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Geochemical investigations of uranium (U) occurrence in the environments were conducted
at Datong basin of northern China. The results suggest that U contents were generally< 1 …

Distribution of natural uranium in surface and groundwater resources: a review

A Waseem, H Ullah, MK Rauf… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Keeping in view the toxicity of uranium and to reduce exposure to uranium and avoid high
doses, it is essential to examine on routine bases the concentration of natural radionuclide …

Contrasting distributions of groundwater arsenic and uranium in the western Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia: implication for origins and fate controls

H Guo, Y Jia, RB Wanty, Y Jiang, W Zhao, W Xiu… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although As concentrations have been investigated in shallow groundwater from the Hetao
basin, China, less is known about U and As distributions in deep groundwater, which would …