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Fate of over 480 million inhabitants living in arsenic and fluoride endemic Indian districts: Magnitude, health, socio-economic effects and mitigation approaches
Published in Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology (01-12-2016)“…During our last 27 years of field survey in India, we have studied the magnitude of groundwater arsenic and fluoride contamination and its resulting health…”
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Arsenic Groundwater Contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar, India: A Future Danger?
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-07-2003)“…The pandemic of arsenic poisoning due to contaminated groundwater in West Bengal, India, and all of Bangladesh has been thought to be limited to the Ganges…”
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The magnitude of arsenic contamination in groundwater and its health effects to the inhabitants of the Jalangi—one of the 85 arsenic affected blocks in West Bengal, India
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-02-2005)“…To better understand the magnitude of arsenic contamination in groundwater and its effects on human beings, a detailed study was carried out in Jalangi, one of…”
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Arsenic contamination of groundwater and its health impact on residents in a village in West Bengal, India
Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2005)“…An in-depth study was carried out in Rajapur, an arsenic-affected village in West Bengal, India, to determine the degree of groundwater contamination with…”
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Murshidabad-One of the Nine Groundwater Arsenic-Affected Districts of West Bengal, India. Part II: Dermatological, Neurological, and Obstetric Findings
Published in Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-01-2005)“…Introduction. To understand the severity of related health effects of chronic arsenic exposure in West Bengal, a detailed 3-year study was carried out in…”
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Neuropathy in Arsenic Toxicity from Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in West Bengal, India
Published in Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering (01-01-2003)“…Large number of people from 9 out of 18 districts of West Bengal, India are endemically exposed to arsenic contaminated groundwater due to drinking of tubewell…”
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Arsenic Groundwater Contamination and Sufferings of People in North 24-Parganas, One of the Nine Arsenic Affected Districts of West Bengal, India
Published in Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering (01-01-2003)“…To understand the magnitude of the arsenic calamity in West Bengal, a detailed study spanning 7 years was made in North 24-Parganas, one of the nine arsenic…”
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Pattern of Excretion of Arsenic Compounds [Arsenite, Arsenate, MMA(V), DMA(V)] in Urine of Children Compared to Adults from an Arsenic Exposed Area in Bangladesh
Published in Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering (01-01-2003)“…Urinary arsenic is generally considered as the most reliable indicator of recent exposure to inorganic arsenic and is used as the main bio-marker of exposure…”
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Risk of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater: Response from Chakraborti et al
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Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater: A Global Perspective with Emphasis on the Asian Scenario
Published in Journal of health, population and nutrition (01-06-2006)“…The incidence of high concentrations of arsenic in drinking-water has emerged as a major public-health problem. With newer-affected sites discovered during the…”
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Arsenic calamity in the Indian subcontinent: What lessons have been learned?
Published in Talanta (Oxford) (16-08-2002)“…Groundwater arsenic (As) contamination in West Bengal (WB, India) was first reported in December 1983, when 63 people from three villages of two districts were…”
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Chronic Arsenic Toxicity in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India-A Review and Commentary
Published in Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology (2001)“…Fifty districts of Bangladesh and 9 districts in West Bengal, India have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization's maximum…”
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Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-05-2000)“…Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible…”
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Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta
Published in Nature (London) (07-10-1999)“…We have been studying the contamination of groundwater by arsenic and the attend-ant human suffering in West Bengal, India, for a decade, and in Bangladesh for…”
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Effectiveness and Reliability of Arsenic Field Testing Kits: Are the Million Dollar Screening Projects Effective or Not?
Published in Environmental science & technology (15-12-2002)“…The exposure of millions to arsenic contaminated water from hand tube wells is a major concern in many Asiatic countries. Field kits are currently used to…”
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Arsenic in groundwater in seven districts of West Bengal, India – The biggest arsenic calamity in the world
Published in Current science (Bangalore) (10-06-1996)“…Arsenic has been found in groundwater in seven districts of West Bengal covering an area 37,493 km2 having about 34 million population. Our survey indicates…”
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Ineffectiveness and Poor Reliability of Arsenic Removal Plants in West Bengal, India
Published in Environmental science & technology (01-06-2005)“…In the recent past, arsenic contamination in groundwater has emerged as an epidemic in different Asian countries, such as Bangladesh, India, and China. Arsenic…”
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Flow Injection Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for Determination of Arsenic in Water and Biological Samples from Arsenic-Affected Districts of West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh
Published in Microchemical journal (01-05-1999)“…The increasing concern over human exposure to arsenic in West Bengal and Bangladesh has necessitated the development of a rapid method for determination of…”
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Murshidabad-One of the Nine Groundwater Arsenic-Affected Districts of West Bengal, India. Part I: Magnitude of Contamination and Population at Risk
Published in Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-01-2005)“…Introduction. To understand the severity of the arsenic crisis in West Bengal, India, a detailed, 3-year study was undertaken in Murshidabad, one of the nine…”
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Groundwater arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Padma-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain of India and Bangladesh
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