Global threat of arsenic in groundwater

J Podgorski, M Berg - Science, 2020 - science.org
Naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater affects millions of people worldwide. We created
a global prediction map of groundwater arsenic exceeding 10 micrograms per liter using a …

Drinking water from private wells and risks to children

AD Woolf, BD Stierman, ED Barnett, LG Byron… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
Drinking water for approximately 23 million US households is obtained from private wells.
These wells can become contaminated by pollutant chemicals or pathogenic organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in United States tapwater: Comparison of underserved private-well and public-supply exposures and associated …

KL Smalling, KM Romanok, PM Bradley… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drinking-water quality is a rising concern in the United States (US), emphasizing the need to
broadly assess exposures and potential health effects at the point-of-use. Drinking-water …

A critical review of on-site inorganic arsenic screening methods

Y He, J Liu, Y Duan, X Yuan, L Ma, R Dhar… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Approximately 94 to 220 million people worldwide are at risk of drinking well water
containing arsenic> 10 µg/L, the WHO guideline value. To identify non-compliant domestic …

[HTML][HTML] Global arsenic dilemma and sustainability

J Bundschuh, NK Niazi, MA Alam, M Berg… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is one of the most prolific natural contaminants in water resources, and hence, it
has been recognized as an emerging global problem. Arsenic exposure through food …

Global solutions to a silent poison

Y Zheng - Science, 2020 - science.org
Severe public health consequences of worldwide geogenic arsenic occurrence in
groundwater have been recognized since the late 1990s (1). The population affected by …

Disparities in drinking water manganese concentrations in domestic wells and community water systems in the Central Valley, CA, USA

ML Aiken, CE Pace, M Ramachandran… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over 1.3 million Californians rely on unmonitored domestic wells. Existing probability
estimates of groundwater Mn concentrations, population estimates, and sociodemographic …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of the Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level on arsenic exposure in the USA from 2003 to 2014: an analysis of the National …

AE Nigra, TR Sanchez, KE Nachman… - The lancet public …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background In 2006, the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum
contaminant level for arsenic in public water systems (10 μg/L) took effect. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Juxtaposition of intensive agriculture, vulnerable aquifers, and mixed chemical/microbial exposures in private-well tapwater in northeast Iowa

PM Bradley, DW Kolpin, DA Thompson… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States and globally, contaminant exposure in unregulated private-well
point-of-use tapwater (TW) is a recognized public-health data gap and an obstacle to both …

Early life lead exposure from private well water increases juvenile delinquency risk among US teens

JMD Gibson, JM MacDonald, M Fisher… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Early life exposure to environmental lead (Pb) has been linked to decreased IQ, behavior
problems, lower lifetime earnings, and increased criminal activity. Beginning in the 1970s …