Researchers have created maps highlighting areas at risk from groundwater arsenic contamination in South-East Asia and Bangladesh.
... ingestion of arsenic-rich food, especially rice that has been irrigated with arsenic-contaminated water. According to the WHO, arsenic has been found approaching or above guideline limits in drinking ...
... s cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other diseases in residents, according to a new ...
... small quantities of inorganic arsenic, particularly if grown or cooked in areas with arsenic contamination in soil or water. Seafood is a source of organic arsenic compounds that have little or no ...
... and gangrene, and on a wider scale seriously damages wildlife in fragile environments. Arsenic contamination is a global problem, with some countries including Vietnam, West Bengal, Mexico, Canada, ...
... prior to development, but must be assessed again to ensure the treatment reduces arsenic contamination.
Only a handful of labs in the world are equipped to use animals to test contaminated soil and ...
... is like."
Although Fendorf and his colleagues came to Cambodia focused on understanding the science of arsenic contamination, they soon realized that what mattered most was the potential to make a ...
Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water reduces immunity to the influenza subtype that includes swine flu, researchers have found.
... and Japan, respectively. Natural geological sources of As into drinking water are one of the most significant causes of arsenic contamination around the world. Arsenic contamination in different ...
Ford Motor Co. will haul out piles of arsenic-laced soil found in Ringwood State Park in New Jersey, ending a nearly-four-year battle over the source of the waste.
... aquifers in those districts.
Although much research and action has been done to mitigate arsenic contamination in Bangladesh, the researchers said the process has been slower in India.
"They are ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found.
... . "Antibiotics in foodstuffs can be measured using bacteria-based assays and we have also measured arsenic contamination in rice," says Professor Van der Meer.
Technical research in this field is ...
Satellite rainfall estimation in the Himalayas, India builds its first foreign satellite, arsenic contamination in Pakistan, and more.
