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Potential arsenic–chromium–lead Co-contamination in the hilly terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India: Genesis and health perspective by Ritusmita Goswami; Chandrashekhar Bhagat; Igo Lollen; Nikita Neog; Umesh B. Barache; Ritu Thakur; Jurgen Mahlknecht; Manish Kumar is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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In the recent times, multi-metal co-contamination in the groundwater of various parts of the globe has emerged as a challenging environmental health problems. While arsenic (As) has been reported with high fluoride and at times with uranium; and Cr & Pb are also found in aquifers under high anthropogenic impacts. The present work probably for the first time traces the As–Cr–Pb co-contamination in the pristine aquifers of a hilly terrain that are under relatively less stress from the anthropogenic activities. Based on the analyses of twenty-two (n = 22) groundwater (GW) samples and six (n = 6) sediment samples, it was found that Cr being leached from the natural sources as evident from 100% of samples with dissolve Cr exceeding the prescribed drinking water limit. Generic plots suggests rock-water interaction as the major hydrogeological processes with mixed Ca2+-Na+-HCO3 - type water. Wide range of pH suggests localized human interferences, as well as indicative of both calcite and silicate weathering processes. In general water samples were found high only with Cr and Fe, however all sediment samples were found to contain As–Cr–Pb. This implies that the groundwater is under-risk o
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- Author
- Ritusmita Goswami; Chandrashekhar Bhagat; Igo Lollen; Nikita Neog; Umesh B. Barache; Ritu Thakur; Jurgen Mahlknecht; Manish Kumar
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)