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Arsenic Toxicity Remediation: Sustainable Nexus Approach (Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies) by Nitish Kumar, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Shuhong Wang, Sanjeev Kumar is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Arsenic contamination in drinking water and crops is a major health issue in many countries worldwide, threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic’s toxicity and carcinogenicity. This edited volume brings together a diverse group of environmental science, sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by arsenic contamination. The book sheds light on this global environmental issue and proposes solutions to aquatic contamination through multi-disciplinary sustainable approaches and case studies from different parts of the world. The chapters contained here present the status quo in different parts of the world and provide essential information on arsenic exposure risks for humans as well as possible measures for tackling arsenic poisoning. The mechanisms of arsenic uptake, translocation and distribution in plants and grains are also explained. In closing, the book reviews a variety of prospective sustainable solutions to the problem of arsenic accumulation in soil and water. The book is comprised of three sections. The first section describes the routes of exposure to environmental arsenic and its transport in soil and aquatic ecosystems. The

Author

Nitish Kumar, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Shuhong Wang, Sanjeev Kumar

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9783031526145

Subjects

Science, Technology, Chemistry