Arsenic and human health effects: A review

KSM Abdul, SS Jayasinghe, EPS Chandana… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is ubiquitous in nature and humans being exposed to arsenic via atmospheric
air, ground water and food sources are certain. Major sources of arsenic contamination …

The broad scope of health effects from chronic arsenic exposure: update on a worldwide public health problem

MF Naujokas, B Anderson, H Ahsan… - Environmental …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Concerns for arsenic exposure are not limited to toxic waste sites and massive
poisoning events. Chronic exposure continues to be a major public health problem …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental source of arsenic exposure

JY Chung, SD Yu, YS Hong - Journal of preventive medicine and …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Arsenic is a ubiquitous, naturally occurring metalloid that may be a significant risk factor for
cancer after exposure to contaminated drinking water, cigarettes, foods, industry …

Arsenic exposure and the induction of human cancers

VD Martinez, EA Vucic, DD Becker-Santos… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Arsenic is a metalloid, that is, considered to be a human carcinogen. Millions of individuals
worldwide are chronically exposed through drinking water, with consequences ranging from …

Comparison of the accuracy of kriging and IDW interpolations in estimating groundwater arsenic concentrations in Texas

G Gong, S Mattevada, SE O'Bryant - Environmental research, 2014 - Elsevier
Exposure to arsenic causes many diseases. Most Americans in rural areas use groundwater
for drinking, which may contain arsenic above the currently allowable level, 10 µg/L. It is cost …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic reduction to< 1 µg/L in Dutch drinking water

A Ahmad, P van der Wens, K Baken, L de Waal… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic element which naturally occurs in drinking water. In spite of
substantial evidence on the association between many illnesses and chronic consumption …

Health effects inflicted by chronic low‐level arsenic contamination in groundwater: A global public health challenge

D Sinha, P Prasad - Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater arsenic (As) contamination is a global public health concern. The high level of
As exposure (100‐1000 μg/L or even higher) through groundwater has been frequently …

Human health risks and socio-economic perspectives of arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: a scoping review

MA Rahman, A Rahman, MZK Khan… - … and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Arsenic contamination of drinking water, which can occur naturally or because of human
activities such as mining, is the single most important public health issue in Bangladesh …

Arsenic in drinking water: is 10 μg/L a safe limit?

A Ahmad, P Bhattacharya - Current Pollution Reports, 2019 - Springer
Arsenic (As) is a naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust. Both anthropogenic and
natural processes can release As into sources for drinking water supply. A substantial …

High arsenic in rice is associated with elevated genotoxic effects in humans

M Banerjee, N Banerjee, P Bhattacharjee, D Mondal… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Arsenic in drinking water may cause major deleterious health impacts including death.
Although arsenic in rice has recently been demonstrated to be a potential exposure route for …