Arsenic exposure through dietary intake and associated health hazards in the Middle East

MI Khan, MF Ahmad, I Ahmad, F Ashfaq, S Wahab… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dietary arsenic (As) contamination is a major public health issue. In the Middle East, the
food supply relies primarily on the import of food commodities. Among different age groups …

[HTML][HTML] Drinking water and the implications for gender equity and empowerment: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence

K De Guzman, G Stone, AR Yang, KE Schaffer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, yet more than 785 million
people do not have access to it. The burden of water management disproportionately falls …

Arsenic exposure and non-carcinogenic health effects

M Martínez-Castillo… - Human & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Inorganic arsenic (iAs) exposure is a serious health problem that affects more than 140
million individuals worldwide, mainly, through contaminated drinking water. Acute iAs …

Blood levels of toxic metals and rare earth elements commonly found in e-waste may exert subtle effects on hemoglobin concentration in sub-Saharan immigrants

LA Henríquez-Hernández, LD Boada, C Carranza… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pollution by heavy metals and more recently by rare earth elements (REE) and other minor
elements (ME) has increased due in part to their high use in technological and electronic …

Arsenic in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes in Ohio

KS Almberg, ME Turyk, RM Jones, K Rankin… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Arsenic in drinking water has been associated with adverse reproductive
outcomes in areas with high levels of naturally occurring arsenic. Less is known about the …

[PDF][PDF] Arsenic: occurrence in groundwater

D Chakraborti, SK Singh, MH Rashid… - … of environmental health, 2011 - academia.edu
Geogenic groundwater arsenic contamination affects over 296 million individuals' lives in>
100 countries worldwide. Arsenic occurs in five valence states, among which the inorganic …

Prevalence of anemia and its associate factors among women of reproductive age in Lao PDR: evidence from a nationally representative survey

S Keokenchanh, S Kounnavong, A Tokinobu… - Anemia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Anemia continues to be a major public health problem significant among
women of reproductive age (WRA) in developing countries, including Lao People's …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of environmental pollutants on hematopoiesis

P Scharf, MF Broering, GH Oliveira da Rocha… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hematopoiesis is a complex and intricate process that aims to replenish blood components
in a constant fashion. It is orchestrated mostly by hematopoietic progenitor cells …

Inhibition of red blood cell development by arsenic-induced disruption of GATA-1

X Zhou, S Medina, AM Bolt, H Zhang, G Wan, H Xu… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Anemia is a hematological disorder that adversely affects the health of millions of people
worldwide. Although many variables influence the development and exacerbation of …

Assessment and uncertainty analysis of groundwater risk

F Li, J Zhu, X Deng, Y Zhao, S Li - Environmental Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Groundwater with relatively stable quantity and quality is commonly used by human being.
However, as the over-mining of groundwater, problems such as groundwater funnel, land …