Heavy metals in soils and the remediation potential of bacteria associated with the plant microbiome

S Gonzalez Henao, T Ghneim-Herrera - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
High concentrations of non-essential heavy metals/metalloids (arsenic, cadmium, and lead)
in soils and irrigation water represent a threat to the environment, food safety, and human …

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 …

Global water pollution and human health

RP Schwarzenbach, T Egli, TB Hofstetter… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Water quality issues are a major challenge that humanity is facing in the twenty-first century.
Here, we review the main groups of aquatic contaminants, their effects on human health …

Arsenic in a groundwater environment in Bangladesh: Occurrence and mobilization

ME Huq, S Fahad, Z Shao, MS Sarven, IA Khan… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Groundwater with an excessive level of Arsenic (As) is a threat to human health. In
Bangladesh, out of 64 districts, the groundwater of 50 and 59 districts contains As exceeding …

Methylated arsenic species in rice: geographical variation, origin, and uptake mechanisms

FJ Zhao, YG Zhu, AA Meharg - Environmental Science & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Rice is a major source of inorganic arsenic (iAs) in the human diet because paddy rice is
efficient at accumulating As. Rice As speciation is dominated by iAs and dimethylarsinic acid …

Arsenic release metabolically limited to permanently water-saturated soil in Mekong Delta

JW Stuckey, MV Schaefer, BD Kocar, SG Benner… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Microbial reduction of arsenic-bearing iron oxides in the deltas of South and Southeast Asia
produces widespread arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Organic carbon is abundant both …

High arsenic in rice is associated with elevated genotoxic effects in humans

M Banerjee, N Banerjee, P Bhattacharjee, D Mondal… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Arsenic in drinking water may cause major deleterious health impacts including death.
Although arsenic in rice has recently been demonstrated to be a potential exposure route for …

Water management impacts on arsenic behavior and rhizosphere bacterial communities and activities in a rice agro-ecosystem

S Das, ML Chou, JS Jean, CC Liu, HJ Yang - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although rice cultivated under water-saturated conditions as opposed to submerged
conditions has received considerable attention with regard to reducing As levels in rice …

Arsenic in foodchain and community health risk: a study in Gangetic West Bengal

SC Santra, AC Samal, P Bhattacharya… - Procedia Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Arsenic, a potent carcinogen, can cause malignant arsenical skin lesions may be Bowen's
disease, basal cell carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma. Apart from carcinoma and …

A review of groundwater arsenic in the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh and India: from source to sink

M Chakraborty, A Mukherjee, KM Ahmed - Current Pollution Reports, 2015 - Springer
The groundwater of the Bengal basin, in Bangladesh and West Bengal state of India, is
found to be severely polluted by non-point sourced, geogenic arsenic (As), which has been …