Environment

Guangxi villagers seek government redress for suspected cadmium poisoning

For decades, villagers in a rural area of Guangxi have seen their rice saplings wilt shortly after planting and found soft bones a common ailment.

Publication Date: 
19/01/2015
South China Morning Post
Tags:
Water Pollution, Mining Waste, Zinc, Heavy Metals, Environment, Health Effects, Arsenic, Mercury, Groundwater Pollution, Compensation, China
Water Pollution

Arsenic in water: Sonbhadra admn told to form panel

The Allahabad High Court has asked the District Magistrate and Chief Medical Officer of Sonbhadra to form a committee to look into the issue of arsenic contamination of drinking water in several vi

Publication Date: 
15/01/2015
Indian Express (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Fluoride, Health Effects
Water Pollution

First report of Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) of 16th Lok Sabha on high arsenic content in ground water

Nearly 36 million people in the Bengal delta basin are exposed to high arsenic content in ground water says this Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) report of 16th Lok Sabha and details corrective me

Publication Date: 
11/12/2014
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Arsenic, Groundwater, Groundwater Pollution, Arsenic Poisoning, Health Effects, India, Diseases, Drinking Water, Agriculture
Environment

Heavy metal pollution in Hunan soil exceeds China’s limits by 1,500 times

More than 1,500 times the permitted level of heavy metal has been found in soil in China’s south-central Hunan province, according to an unofficial environmental study.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2014
South China Morning Post
Tags:
Environment, Pollution, Heavy Metals, China, Soil Resources, Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, Irrigation
Pesticides And Toxins

Marine invertebrates as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution

Atmosphere, earth and water compose the environment. The presence of heavy metals in the environment has grown because of their large employment in some industrial and agricultural activities. Although these metals are terrestrial products, they flow into the sea through effluents and sewage or are directly discharged from industries placed on the seawater front. It should be considered that metals concentrations vary widely according to different seawater latitudes and depths and can be strongly influenced by fresh water discharges from heavily polluted rivers.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
Roberto Chiarelli, Maria Carmela Roccheri
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93-106
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Heavy Metals, Marine Life, Mercury, Toxicity Studies, Arsenic, Lead
Water Pollution

Extent of arsenic contamination and its impact on the food chain and human health in the Eastern Ganges Basin: a review

This IWMI review documents impacts of arsenic contamination on the food chain and human health in Eastern Ganges basin and calls for urgent new research and long-term monitoring of data to understand and tackle arsenic contamination in the region.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
N. Rajmohan, S. A. Prathapar
International Water Management Institute
Tags:
Arsenic, Arsenic Poisoning, Water Pollution, Groundwater, Health Effects, Drinking Water, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Food Crops, Bihar, West Bengal, Irrigation
Health

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on chloride contamination in drinking water, 01/12/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on chloride contamination in drinking water, 01/12/2014.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Chloride, Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Arsenic, Total Dissolved Solids
Water Supply

Arsenic alert after reports of ailments in Ranchi

RANCHI: Many families in Pathalkudwa, a slum area, are living under constant fear of falling prey to skin diseases after high levels of arsenic were detected.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2014
Times Of India (Ranchi)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Water Quality, Arsenic, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Ranchi (D), Jharkhand
Health

Association between lifetime exposure to inorganic arsenic in drinking water and coronary heart disease in Colorado residents

Chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, have been associated with ingestion of drinking water with high levels of inorganic arsenic (over 1000 μg/L). However, associations have been inconclusive in populations with lower levels (

Publication Date: 
28/10/2014
Katherine A. James, Tim Byers, John E. Hokanson & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-27
Tags:
Arsenic, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Colorado, United States Of America (US), Heart Diseases
Water Pollution

Mitigation and remedy of arsenic menace in India: recommendations of the `Core Committee'

The `Core Committee’ constituted by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India met twice, on 11th July, 2014 at NIH-Roorkee and 26th September, 2014 at CSMRS, New Delhi, and deliberated on issues emerged/emerging out as long-term consequences on uses of arsenic contaminated groundwater for dome

Publication Date: 
15/10/2014
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Tags:
Arsenic, Groundwater, Groundwater Pollution, India, Health Effects, Drinking Water, Agriculture, Governance

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