This paper reviews how active research in West Bengal has unmasked the endemic
arsenism that has detrimental effects on the health of millions of people and their offspring. It …

Fifty districts of Bangladesh and 9 districts in West Bengal, India have arsenic levels in
groundwater above the World Health Organization's maximum permissible limit of 50 μg/L …

Arsenic (As) finds its way into soils used for rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation through polluted
irrigation water, and through historic contamination with As-based pesticides. As is known to …

The pandemic of arsenic poisoning due to contaminated groundwater in West Bengal, India,
and all of Bangladesh has been thought to be limited to the Ganges Delta (the Lower Ganga …

The use of arsenic (As) contaminated groundwater for irrigation of crops has resulted in
elevated concentrations of arsenic in agricultural soils in Bangladesh, West Bengal (India) …

The pollution by naturally occurring arsenic of alluvial Ganges aquifers, which are used for
the public water supply in Bangladesh and West Bengal, has been discussed by Nickson et …

Long-term use of arsenic contaminated groundwater to irrigate crops, especially paddy rice
(Oryza sativa L.) has resulted in elevated soil arsenic levels in Bangladesh. There is …

Mildly acidic metal (Cu, Zn, Ni, Fe, Al and Mg), arsenic and sulfate contaminated waters
were treated, over a 14 day period at 25° C, in a bench-scale upflow anaerobic packed bed …

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 …

Groundwater arsenic (As) contamination in West Bengal (WB, India) was first reported in
December 1983, when 63 people from three villages of two districts were identified by health …