Arsenic in groundwater in seven districts of West Bengal, India – The biggest arsenic calamity in the world

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 that 560 villages are arsenic-affected and more than a million people are drinking arsenic contaminated water and more than 200,000 people are...

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Published in:	Current science (Bangalore) Vol. 70; no. 11; pp. 976 - 986
Main Authors:	Mandal, Badal K., Chowdhury, Tarit Roy, Samanta, Gautam, Basu, Gautam K., Chowdhury, Partha P., Chanda, Chitta R., Lodh, Dilip, Karan, Nirmal K., Dhar, Ratan K., Tamili, Dipak K., Das, Dipankar, Saha, K. C., Chakraborti, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Current Science Association 10-06-1996
Subjects:	Arsenic Arsenic compounds Groundwater Hair Lesions Melanosis Skin Urine Villages Water samples India, West Bengal
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