| Description |
xiv, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
An introduction to arsenic toxicity and its management / Tom Murphy and Jay Guo -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Water resources management in the remediation of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh / Md. Safiuddin and Md. Masud Karim -- 2. Arsenic pollution and arseniasis in Hetao Area, China / Hui Zhang -- 3. Arsenic in water and its health effect / Wang Lianfang and Wang Shenling -- 4. Arsenic in drinking water and cancers in Taiwan / How-Ran Guo -- 5. The problem of arsenic in drinking water in Latin America / Prepared by Mara̕ Luisa C. de Esparza -- 6. Arsenic and cancer induction in Cordoba |
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Argentina / Daniel Lerda -- 7. Community acceptability of arsenic removal plants in rural Bangladesh using AdsorpAs' / Amer Siddiqi -- 8. Presence and removal of arsenic from rural water supplies in Canada / Hans G. Peterson and Joanne Sketchell -- 9. Arsenic in water: occurrence and treatment of arsenic polluted water Rafael Marín Galvín -- 10. New membrane-based processes remove arsenic from water / Konstantin Volchek -- 11. Arsenic in drinking water: Health effects and removal technologies / O.S. Thirunavukkarasu and t. Viraraghavan -- 12. Remediation of arsenic |
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contaminated groundwater / Carol J. Ptacek and David W. Blowes -- 13. Performance evaluation of arsenic sorption media using a two step rapid evaluation protocol / Nadim R. Khandaker, David. M. Teter, James L. Krumhansl and Patrick v. Brady |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Arsenic -- Environmental aspects.
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Arsenic -- Toxicology.
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Drinking water -- Arsenic content.
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Water -- Purification -- Arsenic removal.
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| Author |
Guo, Jiequn, 1970-
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Murphy, Tom (Tom P. D.)
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| LC no. |
2005357247 |
| ISBN |
9057821303 (hbk.) |
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