Arsenic exposure via contaminated water and food sources

K Khosravi-Darani, Y Rehman, IA Katsoyiannis… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Arsenic poisoning constitutes a major threat to humans, causing various health problems.
Almost everywhere across the world certain “hotspots” have been detected, putting in …

A comprehensive review on current status, mechanism, and possible sources of arsenic contamination in groundwater: a global perspective with prominence of …

W Ali, A Rasool, M Junaid, H Zhang - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2019 - Springer
Arsenic (As)-mediated contamination of groundwater resources in different parts of the world
is a consequence of natural or anthropogenic sources, leading to adverse effects on the …

Controlling mechanism and water quality assessment of arsenic in China's Yellow River Basin

X Li, J Xiao, N Chai, Z Jin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a well-known toxic and carcinogen element, and As contamination has
gained public concerns worldwide. Mechanisms, sources, and potential health risks of high …

Delineating the controlling mechanisms of arsenic release into groundwater and its associated health risks in the Southern Loess Plateau, China

X Zhang, R Zhao, X Wu, W Mu, C Wu - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanisms controlling arsenic (As) enrichment and mobilization associated with
human health risk assessment of groundwater in the Longdong Basin, located in the …

Arsenic contamination status in Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world

G Medunić, Ž Fiket, M Ivanić - Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food, 2020 - Springer
This chapter presents latest research in Australia, Europe, and other parts of the world on
environmental issues related to As, particularly in water, but the viewpoints of food, health …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic in Africa: potential sources, spatial variability, and the state of the art for arsenic removal using locally available materials

R Irunde, J Ijumulana, F Ligate, JP Maity… - Groundwater for …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the past two decades, several studies on arsenic (As) occurrence in the environment,
particularly in surface and groundwater systems have reported high levels of As in many …

Efficient removal of arsenic from copper smelting wastewater in form of scorodite using copper slag

Y Li, X Zhu, X Qi, B Shu, X Zhang, K Li, Y Wei… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Copper smelting wastewater, one of the typical high arsenic-containing acidic wastewater in
the metallurgical extraction process of arsenic-associated minerals, greatly threatens human …

Contrasting dissolved organic matter quality in groundwater in Holocene and Pleistocene aquifers and implications for influencing arsenic mobility

HV Kulkarni, N Mladenov, KH Johannesson… - Applied geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The discontinuous nature of elevated arsenic (As) in drinking water wells of West Bengal
and other regions in the Bengal Basin has led to increased interest in the role that sediment …

Arsenic in African waters: a review

DG Ahoulé, F Lalanne, J Mendret, S Brosillon… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2015 - Springer
The review of studies on arsenic in African waters shows that arsenic can be found in high
concentrations in both surface water and groundwater. Arsenic concentrations in African …

Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater with elevated arsenic in alkaline aquifers in Eastern Punjab, Pakistan

N Mushtaq, A Younas, A Mashiatullah, T Javed… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Geochemical investigation was carried out for delineating factors responsible for the
mobilization of arsenic (As) from aquifer material into the groundwater. Four sites along Ravi …