Managing arsenic in the environment : from soil to human health

Arsenic is one of the most toxic and carcinogenic elements in the environment. This book brings together the current knowledge on arsenic contamination worldwide, reviewing the field, highlighting common themes and pointing to key areas needing future research.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Naidu, R.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Collingwood, VIC : Enfield, N.H. : CSIRO ; [Distributed in North America by] Science Publishers, ©2006.
Subjects
Arsenic > Environmental aspects.
Soil pollution.
Groundwater > Pollution.
Arsenic > Toxicology.
Pollution.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613443316
1613443315
0643093516
9780643093515
1283154692
9781283154697
0643068686
9780643068681
1578084253
9786613154699
6613154695
9780643099234
0643099239
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 656 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Editors and contributors; Introduction; 1 Arsenic contamination incidents around the world; 2 Arsenic in aquifers of the Bengal Basin; 3 Arsenic speciation in the environment; 4 Solid phase speciation of arsenic; 5 Mobility of arsenic in groundwater in part of Brahmanbaria district, NE Bangladesh; 6 Humic substances and arsenic in groundwater; 7 Natural occurrences of inorganic arsenic in the Australian coastal groundwater environment; 8 Fate of arsenic in the soil environment; 9 Arsenic phytotoxicity; 10 Sequestration of arsenic by plants.

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