Arsenic exposure from drinking water and staple food (rice): A field scale study in rural Bengal for assessment of human health risk

Arsenic exposure from drinking water and staple food (rice): A field scale study in rural Bengal for assessment of human health risk

Arsenic is a well-known carcinogen with emerging reports showing a range of health outcomes even for low to moderate levels of exposure. This study deals with arsenic exposure and associated increased lifetime cancer risk for populations in arsenic-endemic regions of rural Bengal, where arsenic-safe...

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Main Authors: Bratisha Biswas, Arijit Chakraborty, Debashis Chatterjee, Sreemanta Pramanik, Bhaswati Ganguli, Kunal Kanti Majumdar, Jerome Nriagu, Ketki Y. Kulkarni, Amit Bansiwal, Pawan Labhasetwar, Subhamoy Bhowmick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Subjects:
Arsenic
Rice
Drinking water
Exposure assessment
Cancer risk
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651321011246

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