Arsenic exposure: A public health problem leading to several cancers

I Palma-Lara, M Martínez-Castillo… - Regulatory Toxicology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arsenic, a metalloid and naturally occurring element, is one of the most abundant elements
in the earth's crust. Water is contaminated by arsenic through natural sources (underground …

Arsenic speciation dynamics in paddy rice soil-water environment: sources, physico-chemical, and biological factors-a review

P Kumarathilaka, S Seneweera, A Meharg… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Rice is the main staple carbohydrate source for billions of people worldwide. Natural
geogenic and anthropogenic sources has led to high arsenic (As) concentrations in rice …

Comprehensive review of the basic chemical behaviours, sources, processes, and endpoints of trace element contamination in paddy soil-rice systems in rice-growing …

W Ali, K Mao, H Zhang, M Junaid, N Xu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice is the leading staple food for more than half of the world's population, and
approximately 160 million hectares of agricultural area worldwide are under rice cultivation …

Arsenic and environmental health: state of the science and future research opportunities

DJ Carlin, MF Naujokas, KD Bradham… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Exposure to inorganic and organic arsenic compounds is a major public health
problem that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Exposure to arsenic is …

Increasing atmospheric CO2 differentially supports arsenite stress mitigating impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in wheat and soybean plants

H AbdElgawad, M Ahmed, AE Mohammed, MO Alotaibi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are beneficial for the plant growth under heavy metal
stress. Such beneficial effect is improved by elevated CO 2 (eCO 2). However, the …

Antimony and arsenic speciation, redox-cycling and contrasting mobility in a mining-impacted river system

SG Johnston, WW Bennett, N Doriean… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Macleay River in eastern Australia is severely impacted by historic stibnite-and
arsenopyrite-rich mine-tailings. We explore the partitioning, speciation, redox-cycling …

Iron-based subsurface arsenic removal technologies by aeration: A review of the current state and future prospects

VT Luong, EEC Kurz, U Hellriegel, TL Luu, J Hoinkis… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Arsenic contamination in groundwater is a critical issue and one that raises great concern
around the world as the cause of many negative health impacts on the human body …

Sea level rise induced arsenic release from historically contaminated coastal soils

JJ LeMonte, JW Stuckey, JZ Sanchez… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Climate change-induced perturbations in the hydrologic regime are expected to impact
biogeochemical processes, including contaminant mobility and cycling. Elevated levels of …

Photochemical characterization of paddy water during rice cultivation: Formation of reactive intermediates for As (III) oxidation

Y Zeng, G Fang, Q Fu, DD Dionysiou, X Wang, J Gao… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the photochemical behavior of surface water and its effects on pollutant
transformation have been studied extensively in recent years, the photochemistry of paddy …

The environmental geochemistry of arsenic—an overview—

RJ Bowell, CN Alpers, HE Jamieson… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Arsenic is one of the most prevalent toxic elements in the environment. The toxicity, mobility,
and fate of arsenic in the environment are determined by a complex series of controls …