Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Ganga River Basin: A Future Health Danger

Chakraborti, Dipankar; K. Singh, Sushant; Mahmudur Rahman‬, Mohammad; Nath Dutta, Rathindra; Mukherjee, Subhas; Pati, Shyamapada; Bijoy Kar, Probir

doi:10.3390/ijerph15020180

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Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Ganga River Basin: A Future Health Danger

Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health • Jan 23, 2018

Authors:

Dipankar Chakraborti

Sushant K. Singh

Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman‬

Abstract

This study highlights the severity of arsenic contamination in the Ganga River basin (GRB), which encompasses significant geographic portions of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tibet. The entire GRB experiences elevated levels of arsenic in the groundwater (up to 4730 µg/L), irrigation water (~1000 µg...

Subject

Arsenic contamination of groundwater

Contamination

Groundwater

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