Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects IVW.R. Chappell, C.O. Abernathy, R.L. Calderon This collected volume of authoritative articles represents the state-of-the-art in arsenic research. Arsenic experts from around the world, participants in the Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects organized by the Society of Environmental Geochemistry and Health in 2000, present their critical findings. A vital contribution to arsenic study and policy making, this volume examines the global impact of the toxin and discusses arsenic in the environment, mechanisms of arsenic metabolism and carcinogenesis, water treatment technology, and medical care. Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects offers informed, challenging insights into a highly important and controversial topic. |
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... Arsenic can cause severe problems in a number of aquifers as a result of its relatively high solubility in many natural groundwaters and its toxicity. High concentrations can be found under both oxidising and reducing conditions. Most ...
... Arsenic can cause severe problems in a number of aquifers as a result of its relatively high solubility in many natural groundwaters and its toxicity. High concentrations can be found under both oxidising and reducing conditions. Most ...
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... high. This suggests that reduction of As(V) to As(III) could be an important control on the release of As into solution. The groundwaters have high concentrations of dissolved Fe (up to 25 mg l1) and Mn (up to 4.4 mg l1) and also often high ...
... high. This suggests that reduction of As(V) to As(III) could be an important control on the release of As into solution. The groundwaters have high concentrations of dissolved Fe (up to 25 mg l1) and Mn (up to 4.4 mg l1) and also often high ...
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... high concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (up to 10 mg l1). This, together with solid forms of fresh organic carbon, may be responsible for maintaining the reducing conditions. The groundwaters from the arsenic-bearing dug wells ...
... high concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (up to 10 mg l1). This, together with solid forms of fresh organic carbon, may be responsible for maintaining the reducing conditions. The groundwaters from the arsenic-bearing dug wells ...
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... Arsenic(III) is a very minor proportion of the total As present in solution ... arsenic-affected aquifers worldwide demonstrates some notable similarities with the ... high iron, manganese and ammonium concentrations. Much of the arsenic ...
... Arsenic(III) is a very minor proportion of the total As present in solution ... arsenic-affected aquifers worldwide demonstrates some notable similarities with the ... high iron, manganese and ammonium concentrations. Much of the arsenic ...
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... arsenic-affected regions investigated Region=Country Aquifer Groundwater ... high desorption and sands, silts, clays. NH4 dissolution. Confined by impermeable sediments in centre of basin. , alkalinity. No dissolved oxygen, low SO4, high ...
... arsenic-affected regions investigated Region=Country Aquifer Groundwater ... high desorption and sands, silts, clays. NH4 dissolution. Confined by impermeable sediments in centre of basin. , alkalinity. No dissolved oxygen, low SO4, high ...
Contents
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HEALTH EFFECTS EPIDEMIOLOGY | 135 |
BIOMARKERS | 207 |
MECHANISMS | 243 |
METABOLISM | 305 |
INTERVENTION ANDMEDICAL TREATMENT | 381 |
Author Index | 463 |
Keyword Index | 465 |
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