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14. Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bengal Delta and Its Health Effects

Authors : Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Khitish Chandra Saha, Subhas Chandra Mukherjee, Shyamapada Pati, Rathindra Nath Dutta, Shibtosh Roy, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Mahmuder Rahman, Dipankar Chakraborti

Published in: Safe and Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Contaminated Aquifers in the Gangetic Plain

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Abstract

Arsenic contamination of groundwater has been detected in more than 70 countries and has become a major public health concern worldwide (Bundschuh et al. Environ Geochem Health 32:307–315, 2010). Arsenic contamination in groundwater of Southeast Asian regions received significant interest in recent years. In this region, countries affected with As in groundwater include Bangladesh, several states of India, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia, several provinces of China (Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Jilin, Shandong, Qinghai, Sichuan, Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, Gansu, Jiangsu, Yunnan and Hunan) and lowlands of Sumatra in Indonesia (Rahman et al. Environ Geochem Health 31:9–21, 2009; Yu et al. Environ Health Perspect 115:636–642, 2007).

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Title: Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bengal Delta and Its Health Effects
Authors: Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman
Khitish Chandra Saha
Subhas Chandra Mukherjee
Shyamapada Pati
Rathindra Nath Dutta
Shibtosh Roy
Quazi Quamruzzaman
Mahmuder Rahman
Dipankar Chakraborti
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Safe and Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Contaminated Aquifers in the Gangetic Plain
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-16123-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-16124-2

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16124-2_14