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Vulnerability of deep groundwater in the Bengal Aquifer System to contamination by arsenic
Nature Geoscience, ISSN 1752-0894, 02/2010, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 83 - 87
Shallow groundwater, the primary water source in the Bengal Basin, contains up to 100 times the World Health Organization (WHO) drinking-water guideline of 10...
GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | WEST-BENGAL | ARAIHAZAR | MOBILITY | SEDIMENTS | BASIN | BANGLADESH | RELEASE | DRINKING-WATER | SHALLOW | STRATIGRAPHY
GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | WEST-BENGAL | ARAIHAZAR | MOBILITY | SEDIMENTS | BASIN | BANGLADESH | RELEASE | DRINKING-WATER | SHALLOW | STRATIGRAPHY
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Nature Geoscience, ISSN 1752-0894, 11/2011, Volume 4, Issue 11, pp. 793 - 798
The consumption of shallow groundwater with elevated concentrations of arsenic is causing widespread disease in many parts of South and Southeast Asia. In the...
AQUIFERS | FERRIHYDRITE | TRANSPORT | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | WEST-BENGAL | MOBILITY | ARAIHAZAR | CONTAMINATION | DIFFUSION | BENGAL BASIN | DRINKING-WATER
AQUIFERS | FERRIHYDRITE | TRANSPORT | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | WEST-BENGAL | MOBILITY | ARAIHAZAR | CONTAMINATION | DIFFUSION | BENGAL BASIN | DRINKING-WATER
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Science, ISSN 0036-8075, 5/2010, Volume 328, Issue 5982, pp. 1123 - 1127
Over the past few decades, groundwater wells installed in rural areas throughout the major river basins draining the Himalayas have become the main source of...
Groundwater recharge | Groundwater | Arsenic | Pumping | Groundwater flow | Oxides | REVIEW | Sediments | River basins | Carbon | Aquifers | GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES | ARAIHAZAR | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CONTAMINATED AQUIFER | RED-RIVER DELTA | HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONTROL | BANGLADESH | RELEASE | DRINKING-WATER | BENGAL BASIN | SHALLOW | Bacteria - metabolism | Humans | Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry | Arsenic Poisoning - prevention & control | Fresh Water - chemistry | Soil - analysis | Arsenic - analysis | Arsenic - chemistry | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Arsenic - metabolism | Asia, Southeastern | Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism | Asia | Geologic Sediments - chemistry | Arsenic Poisoning - etiology | Water Supply - analysis | Southeast Asia | Environmental aspects | Water, Underground | Aquatic resources | Research | Contamination | Groundwater pollution | Hydrology | Biogeochemistry | Arsenic content | Index Medicus
Groundwater recharge | Groundwater | Arsenic | Pumping | Groundwater flow | Oxides | REVIEW | Sediments | River basins | Carbon | Aquifers | GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES | ARAIHAZAR | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CONTAMINATED AQUIFER | RED-RIVER DELTA | HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONTROL | BANGLADESH | RELEASE | DRINKING-WATER | BENGAL BASIN | SHALLOW | Bacteria - metabolism | Humans | Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry | Arsenic Poisoning - prevention & control | Fresh Water - chemistry | Soil - analysis | Arsenic - analysis | Arsenic - chemistry | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Arsenic - metabolism | Asia, Southeastern | Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism | Asia | Geologic Sediments - chemistry | Arsenic Poisoning - etiology | Water Supply - analysis | Southeast Asia | Environmental aspects | Water, Underground | Aquatic resources | Research | Contamination | Groundwater pollution | Hydrology | Biogeochemistry | Arsenic content | Index Medicus
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Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, 03/2019, Volume 654, pp. 1358 - 1363
Most of the rural population of 90 million in Punjab province in Pakistan and Punjab state in India drinks, and cooks with, untreated water drawn from shallow...
Mitigation | Groundwater | Arsenic exposure | Well testing | South Asia | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | WATER-QUALITY ISSUES | ARAIHAZAR | CRISIS | BANGLADESH | HEALTH | DRINKING-WATER | Arsenic | Water, Underground
Mitigation | Groundwater | Arsenic exposure | Well testing | South Asia | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | WATER-QUALITY ISSUES | ARAIHAZAR | CRISIS | BANGLADESH | HEALTH | DRINKING-WATER | Arsenic | Water, Underground
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Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, 06/2013, Volume 454-455, pp. 562 - 577
The aim of this study was to analyse the scientific evidence published to date on the potential effects on neurodevelopment and behavioural disorders in...
Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity | Neurodevelopment | Cadmium | Children | Arsenic | Manganese | POPULATION | OXIDATIVE STRESS | HAIR | ARAIHAZAR | BANGLADESH | NEUROTOXICITY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | MEXICAN CHILDREN | SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN | INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION | DRINKING-WATER | Cadmium - toxicity | Manganese - toxicity | Humans | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Environmental Exposure | Arsenic - toxicity | Nervous System Diseases - complications | Dose-Response Relationship, Drug | Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology | Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology | Adolescent | Female | Child Development - drug effects | Child Behavior Disorders - complications | Child | Behavior | Analysis | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder | Urine | Behavioural | Disorders | Exposure
Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity | Neurodevelopment | Cadmium | Children | Arsenic | Manganese | POPULATION | OXIDATIVE STRESS | HAIR | ARAIHAZAR | BANGLADESH | NEUROTOXICITY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | MEXICAN CHILDREN | SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN | INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION | DRINKING-WATER | Cadmium - toxicity | Manganese - toxicity | Humans | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Environmental Exposure | Arsenic - toxicity | Nervous System Diseases - complications | Dose-Response Relationship, Drug | Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology | Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology | Adolescent | Female | Child Development - drug effects | Child Behavior Disorders - complications | Child | Behavior | Analysis | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder | Urine | Behavioural | Disorders | Exposure
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, ISSN 0048-9697, 08/2014, Volume 488, pp. 488 - 496
The arsenic (As) content of groundwater pumped from all tubewells within 61 contiguous villages of Araihazar, Bangladesh, was determined a first time in...
Arsenic | WEST-BENGAL | ARAIHAZAR | CONTAMINATION | RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL | Well testing | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | Bangladesh | COMMUNITY WELLS | Groundwater | MITIGATION EFFORTS | HEALTH | DRINKING-WATER | EXPOSURE
Arsenic | WEST-BENGAL | ARAIHAZAR | CONTAMINATION | RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL | Well testing | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | Bangladesh | COMMUNITY WELLS | Groundwater | MITIGATION EFFORTS | HEALTH | DRINKING-WATER | EXPOSURE
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Water Research, ISSN 0043-1354, 2010, Volume 44, Issue 19, pp. 5789 - 5802
Since 1996, 52,202 water samples from hand tubewells were analyzed for arsenic (As) by flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry...
Bangladesh | Geomorphological regions | Arsenic | Groundwater | Approach for mitigation | Number of hand tubewells | Hand tubewell | Population at risk | Deep tubewells | PUBLIC-HEALTH | WEST-BENGAL | ARAIHAZAR | SOUTHEASTERN BANGLADESH | WATER RESOURCES | WELLS | LIMITED TEMPORAL VARIABILITY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | MITIGATION | MATLAB UPAZILA | VEGETABLES | DRINKING-WATER | Spectrophotometry, Atomic | Time Factors | Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data | Fresh Water - chemistry | Arsenic - analysis | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Drinking water | Geomorphology | Disasters | Flood plains | Water analysis | Drinking | Contamination
Bangladesh | Geomorphological regions | Arsenic | Groundwater | Approach for mitigation | Number of hand tubewells | Hand tubewell | Population at risk | Deep tubewells | PUBLIC-HEALTH | WEST-BENGAL | ARAIHAZAR | SOUTHEASTERN BANGLADESH | WATER RESOURCES | WELLS | LIMITED TEMPORAL VARIABILITY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | MITIGATION | MATLAB UPAZILA | VEGETABLES | DRINKING-WATER | Spectrophotometry, Atomic | Time Factors | Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data | Fresh Water - chemistry | Arsenic - analysis | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Drinking water | Geomorphology | Disasters | Flood plains | Water analysis | Drinking | Contamination
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Applied Geochemistry, ISSN 0883-2927, 02/2017, Volume 77, pp. 167 - 177
Reductive dissolution of iron oxyhydroxides and reduction of arsenic are often invoked as leading causes of high dissolved As levels in shallow groundwater of...
Groundwater | Arsenic | Bangladesh | WEST-BENGAL | MOBILITY | MOBILIZATION | ARAIHAZAR | SEDIMENTS | RELEASE | VARIABILITY | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | EXTRACTION | AQUIFERS | SULFATE REDUCTION | Phosphates | Water, Underground | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Analysis | Aquifers | Sulfides | arsenic
Groundwater | Arsenic | Bangladesh | WEST-BENGAL | MOBILITY | MOBILIZATION | ARAIHAZAR | SEDIMENTS | RELEASE | VARIABILITY | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | EXTRACTION | AQUIFERS | SULFATE REDUCTION | Phosphates | Water, Underground | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Analysis | Aquifers | Sulfides | arsenic
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Neuroepidemiology, ISSN 0251-5350, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 3-4, pp. 227 - 235
Background: No studies of the prevalence of one of the most common movement disorders, essential tremor (ET), have been undertaken in the Faroe Islands. Given...
Two-phase populationbased design | Prevalence | Essential tremor | Faroe Islands | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | STIMULATION | ARAIHAZAR | Two-phase population-based design | SCLEROSIS | RISK | EPIDEMIOLOGY | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PARKINSONS-DISEASE
Two-phase populationbased design | Prevalence | Essential tremor | Faroe Islands | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | STIMULATION | ARAIHAZAR | Two-phase population-based design | SCLEROSIS | RISK | EPIDEMIOLOGY | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PARKINSONS-DISEASE
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Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, 09/2016, Volume 563-564, pp. 131 - 137
Millions of villagers in Bangladesh remain exposed to high levels of arsenic (As) from drinking untreated well-water even though the scale of the problem was...
Biomarker | Treatment | Water filters | Arsenic | Groundwater | Longitudinal study | COMPOSITE IRON MATRIX | ARAIHAZAR | FIELD | FILTERS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | REMOVAL | MITIGATION | Households | Analysis | treatment | groundwater | longitudinal study | water filters | biomarker
Biomarker | Treatment | Water filters | Arsenic | Groundwater | Longitudinal study | COMPOSITE IRON MATRIX | ARAIHAZAR | FIELD | FILTERS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | REMOVAL | MITIGATION | Households | Analysis | treatment | groundwater | longitudinal study | water filters | biomarker
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Health Affairs, ISSN 0278-2715, 05/2011, Volume 30, Issue 5, pp. 842 - 850
A key policy breakthrough occurred nearly twenty years ago with the discovery that children are far more sensitive than adults to toxic chemicals in the...
NEURODEVELOPMENT | MORTALITY | PESTICIDE EXPOSURE | PHTHALATE EXPOSURE | IMPACT | ARAIHAZAR | INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT | CHILDHOOD BEHAVIOR | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | PREVALENCE | LEAD | Environmental Monitoring - legislation & jurisprudence | Health Care Costs - legislation & jurisprudence | United States | Humans | Child, Preschool | Environmental Exposure - prevention & control | Infant | Cost Control - legislation & jurisprudence | Hazardous Substances - toxicity | Chronic Disease - prevention & control | Environmental Policy - legislation & jurisprudence | Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence | Adult | Child | Environmental Exposure - legislation & jurisprudence
NEURODEVELOPMENT | MORTALITY | PESTICIDE EXPOSURE | PHTHALATE EXPOSURE | IMPACT | ARAIHAZAR | INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT | CHILDHOOD BEHAVIOR | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | PREVALENCE | LEAD | Environmental Monitoring - legislation & jurisprudence | Health Care Costs - legislation & jurisprudence | United States | Humans | Child, Preschool | Environmental Exposure - prevention & control | Infant | Cost Control - legislation & jurisprudence | Hazardous Substances - toxicity | Chronic Disease - prevention & control | Environmental Policy - legislation & jurisprudence | Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence | Adult | Child | Environmental Exposure - legislation & jurisprudence
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Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, 03/2018, Volume 618, pp. 579 - 585
Arsenic (As) groundwater contamination is common yet spatially heterogeneous within most environments. It is therefore necessary to measure As concentrations...
Field analytical methods | Arsenic | Chemical mapping | Photometry | Exposure assessment | CALIBRATION | ARAIHAZAR | BANGLADESH | RELIABILITY | WELLS | SKIN-LESIONS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | IMAGE-ANALYSIS | HEALTH | GROUNDWATER | EXPOSURE | Drinking water | Usage | Image processing | Water, Underground | Equipment and supplies | Information management | Satellite imaging
Field analytical methods | Arsenic | Chemical mapping | Photometry | Exposure assessment | CALIBRATION | ARAIHAZAR | BANGLADESH | RELIABILITY | WELLS | SKIN-LESIONS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | IMAGE-ANALYSIS | HEALTH | GROUNDWATER | EXPOSURE | Drinking water | Usage | Image processing | Water, Underground | Equipment and supplies | Information management | Satellite imaging
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Manganese Exposure from Drinking Water and Children's Classroom Behavior in Bangladesh
Environmental Health Perspectives, ISSN 0091-6765, 10/2011, Volume 119, Issue 10, pp. 1501 - 1506
Background: Evidence of neurological, cognitive, and neuropsychological effects of manganese (Mn) exposure from drinking water (WMn) in children has generated...
Body mass index | Arsenic | Intelligence | Groundwater | Environmental health | Children | Potable water | Mothers | Children's Health | Manganese | School age children | Water | Internalizing behavior | Bangladesh | Externalizing behavior | internalizing behavior | NONHUMAN-PRIMATES | ARSENIC EXPOSURE | HAIR | ARAIHAZAR | FRONTAL-CORTEX | WELDERS | externalizing behavior | manganese | water | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | children | INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION | DOPAMINE | TOXICOLOGY | HEALTH | ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOR | Drinking Water - adverse effects | Water Pollutants - toxicity | Manganese - toxicity | Humans | Female | Male | Child Behavior - drug effects | Child | Elementary school students | Drinking water | Health aspects | Contamination
Body mass index | Arsenic | Intelligence | Groundwater | Environmental health | Children | Potable water | Mothers | Children's Health | Manganese | School age children | Water | Internalizing behavior | Bangladesh | Externalizing behavior | internalizing behavior | NONHUMAN-PRIMATES | ARSENIC EXPOSURE | HAIR | ARAIHAZAR | FRONTAL-CORTEX | WELDERS | externalizing behavior | manganese | water | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | children | INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION | DOPAMINE | TOXICOLOGY | HEALTH | ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOR | Drinking Water - adverse effects | Water Pollutants - toxicity | Manganese - toxicity | Humans | Female | Male | Child Behavior - drug effects | Child | Elementary school students | Drinking water | Health aspects | Contamination
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Neurotoxicology, ISSN 0161-813X, 01/2012, Volume 33, Issue 1, pp. 91 - 97
► We examined the association between water manganese (WMn) and school achievement. ► Achievement scores of school children in mathematics and languages were...
Water | Academic achievement | Bangladesh | Classroom behavior | Math score | Children | Manganese | NONHUMAN-PRIMATES | ARSENIC EXPOSURE | LONGITUDINAL PREDICTORS | ARAIHAZAR | NEUROSCIENCES | SCHOOL READINESS | INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION | DOPAMINE | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | TOXICOLOGY | DYSFUNCTION | WORKING-MEMORY | Water Pollutants - toxicity | Age Factors | Cross-Sectional Studies | Manganese - toxicity | Humans | Language Development | Male | Bangladesh - epidemiology | Mathematics | Socioeconomic Factors | Drinking Water - adverse effects | Learning Disorders - chemically induced | Association | Female | Achievement | Learning Disorders - epidemiology | Child | Manganese - urine | Elementary school students | Drinking water | Public health
Water | Academic achievement | Bangladesh | Classroom behavior | Math score | Children | Manganese | NONHUMAN-PRIMATES | ARSENIC EXPOSURE | LONGITUDINAL PREDICTORS | ARAIHAZAR | NEUROSCIENCES | SCHOOL READINESS | INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION | DOPAMINE | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | TOXICOLOGY | DYSFUNCTION | WORKING-MEMORY | Water Pollutants - toxicity | Age Factors | Cross-Sectional Studies | Manganese - toxicity | Humans | Language Development | Male | Bangladesh - epidemiology | Mathematics | Socioeconomic Factors | Drinking Water - adverse effects | Learning Disorders - chemically induced | Association | Female | Achievement | Learning Disorders - epidemiology | Child | Manganese - urine | Elementary school students | Drinking water | Public health
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Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, ISSN 1613-4125, 05/2009, Volume 53, Issue 5, pp. 542 - 551
Since 1988 we have analyzed 140 150 water samples from tube wells in all 19 districts of West Bengal for arsenic; 48.1% had arsenic above 10 μg/L (WHO...
Arsenic in tube wells | Sub‐surface geology | Population at risk | Combating the arsenic crisis | Arsenic contamination in West Bengal | Sub-surface geology | LIMITED TEMPORAL VARIABILITY | ARAIHAZAR | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | BANGLADESH | DRINKING-WATER | WELLS | Iron - analysis | Humans | Arsenic - analysis | Arsenic - toxicity | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Water Supply - analysis | India | Index Medicus
Arsenic in tube wells | Sub‐surface geology | Population at risk | Combating the arsenic crisis | Arsenic contamination in West Bengal | Sub-surface geology | LIMITED TEMPORAL VARIABILITY | ARAIHAZAR | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | BANGLADESH | DRINKING-WATER | WELLS | Iron - analysis | Humans | Arsenic - analysis | Arsenic - toxicity | Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis | Water Supply - analysis | India | Index Medicus
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