A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater
Water contaminated with arsenic is a worldwide problem. This review presents the arsenic contamination in groundwater, its sources, and possible health risk to humans. Groundwater pollution is the most common route of inorganic arsenic exposure in humans. Arsenic concentrations in different countrie...
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| author | Fariha Dilpazeer Mamoona Munir Muhammad Yousuf Jat Baloch Iqrash Shafiq Javeeria Iqbal Muhammad Saeed Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas Sumeer Shafique Kosar Hikmat Hama Aziz Ahmad Mustafa Iqra Mahboob |
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| description | Water contaminated with arsenic is a worldwide problem. This review presents the arsenic contamination in groundwater, its sources, and possible health risk to humans. Groundwater pollution is the most common route of inorganic arsenic exposure in humans. Arsenic concentrations in different countries were analyzed and projected on a map. Because arsenic is widely spread throughout the Earth’s crust, it is present in trace amounts in practically all waterways. Harmful levels of this toxin have been identified in drinking water in some regions. For drinking purposes, the majority of people use groundwater; excess arsenic levels in groundwater have been linked to a variety of negative health impacts on people. Arsenic exposure is the world’s leading environmental cause of cancer. The main aim of this review is to summarize the effective technologies to remove arsenic from drinking water, such as ion exchange, coagulation/flocculation, and membrane technologies like ultra-filtration and electrodialysis, helping to deal with the adverse effects caused by arsenic exposure. All these technologies present different advantages and disadvantages. Electrocoagulation, adsorption, and phytoremediation are the most efficient and cost-effective technologies. The removal efficiencies of arsenic using these technologies and prospects were also included. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b760dd1bc474b6ab94f0fc8b90ea52e2023-11-16T18:23:15ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412023-01-0115347810.3390/w15030478A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in GroundwaterFariha Dilpazeer0Mamoona Munir1Muhammad Yousuf Jat Baloch2Iqrash Shafiq3Javeeria Iqbal4Muhammad Saeed5Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas6Sumeer Shafique7Kosar Hikmat Hama Aziz8Ahmad Mustafa9Iqra Mahboob10Department of Environmental Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad 22044, PakistanDepartment of Botany, Rawalpindi Women University, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi 46300, PakistanCollege of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, ChinaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, Lahore 54000, PakistanDepartment of Environmental Science, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, PakistanSchool of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, PakistanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore New Campus, Lahore 54890, PakistanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, Lahore 54000, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani 46001, Kurdistan Region, IraqFaculty of Engineering, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Giza 12451, EgyptDepartment of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, Lahore 54000, PakistanWater contaminated with arsenic is a worldwide problem. This review presents the arsenic contamination in groundwater, its sources, and possible health risk to humans. Groundwater pollution is the most common route of inorganic arsenic exposure in humans. Arsenic concentrations in different countries were analyzed and projected on a map. Because arsenic is widely spread throughout the Earth’s crust, it is present in trace amounts in practically all waterways. Harmful levels of this toxin have been identified in drinking water in some regions. For drinking purposes, the majority of people use groundwater; excess arsenic levels in groundwater have been linked to a variety of negative health impacts on people. Arsenic exposure is the world’s leading environmental cause of cancer. The main aim of this review is to summarize the effective technologies to remove arsenic from drinking water, such as ion exchange, coagulation/flocculation, and membrane technologies like ultra-filtration and electrodialysis, helping to deal with the adverse effects caused by arsenic exposure. All these technologies present different advantages and disadvantages. Electrocoagulation, adsorption, and phytoremediation are the most efficient and cost-effective technologies. The removal efficiencies of arsenic using these technologies and prospects were also included.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/3/478arsenicremoval technologiestoxicityhealth consequences |
| spellingShingle | Fariha Dilpazeer Mamoona Munir Muhammad Yousuf Jat Baloch Iqrash Shafiq Javeeria Iqbal Muhammad Saeed Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas Sumeer Shafique Kosar Hikmat Hama Aziz Ahmad Mustafa Iqra Mahboob A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater Water arsenic removal technologies toxicity health consequences |
| title | A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater |
| title_full | A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater |
| title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater |
| title_short | A Comprehensive Review of the Latest Advancements in Controlling Arsenic Contaminants in Groundwater |
| title_sort | comprehensive review of the latest advancements in controlling arsenic contaminants in groundwater |
| topic | arsenic removal technologies toxicity health consequences |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/3/478 |
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