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 …

Arsenic occurrence and cycling in the aquatic environment: a comparison between freshwater and seawater

N Wang, Z Ye, L Huang, C Zhang, Y Guo, W Zhang - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Owing to the toxicity and adverse effects of arsenic on human health, its levels in aquatic
environments are among the most serious threats to humans globally. To improve our …

Drinking appraisal of coastal groundwater in Bangladesh: an approach of multi-hazards towards water security and health safety

ARMT Islam, MT Siddiqua, A Zahid, SS Tasnim… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In Bangladesh, groundwater serves as the sole major potable water source. Salinization
along with the elevated presence of metals become the major threat for this resource in …

Groundwater arsenic contamination and its health effects in India

D Chakraborti, MM Rahman, B Das… - Hydrogeology …, 2017 - search.proquest.com
During a 28-year field survey in India (1988-2016), groundwater arsenic contamination and
its health effects were registered in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar …

Assessing the potential origins and human health risks of trace elements in groundwater: a case study in the Khoy plain, Iran

R Barzegar, A Asghari Moghaddam… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
The objectives of this study were to measure some trace element concentrations in the
groundwater of the Khoy area in northwestern Iran, understand their potential origins using …

Arsenic-phosphorus interactions in the soil-plant-microbe system: Dynamics of uptake, suppression and toxicity to plants

HM Anawar, Z Rengel, P Damon, M Tibbett - Environmental Pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
High arsenic (As) concentrations in the soil, water and plant systems can pose a direct
health risk to humans and ecosystems. Phosphate (Pi) ions strongly influence As availability …

Fate of over 480 million inhabitants living in arsenic and fluoride endemic Indian districts: Magnitude, health, socio-economic effects and mitigation approaches

D Chakraborti, MM Rahman, A Chatterjee… - Journal of Trace …, 2016 - Elsevier
During our last 27 years of field survey in India, we have studied the magnitude of
groundwater arsenic and fluoride contamination and its resulting health effects from …

Concentrations of arsenic and other elements in groundwater of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India: potential cancer risk

MM Rahman, Z Dong, R Naidu - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigated the concentrations of 23 elements in groundwater from arsenic (As)
contaminated areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India to determine the potential …

Arsenic contaminated groundwater and its treatment options in Bangladesh

JQ Jiang, SM Ashekuzzaman, A Jiang… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Arsenic (As) causes health concerns due to its significant toxicity and worldwide presence in
drinking water and groundwater. The major sources of As pollution may be natural process …

Co-occurrence perspective of arsenic and fluoride in the groundwater of Diphu, Assam, Northeastern India

M Kumar, A Das, N Das, R Goswami, UK Singh - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Considerable lacunae exists in As and F− co-contamination investigation in the
Brahmaputra and Gangetic floodplains. Therefore we selected Diphu a township in the Karbi …