title: Arsenic contamination, consequences and remediation techniques: a review.
abstract: The exposure to low or high concentrations of arsenic (As), either due to the direct consumption of As contaminated drinking water, or indirectly through daily intake of As contaminated food may be fatal to the human health. Arsenic contamination in drinking water threatens more than 150 millions peoples all over the world. Around 110 millions of those peoples live in 10 countries in South and South-East Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Therefore, treatment of As contaminated water and soil could be the only effective option to minimize the health hazard. Therefore, keeping in view the above facts, an attempt has been made in this paper to review As contamination, its effect on human health and various conventional and advance technologies which are being used for the removal of As from soil and water.
authors.affiliation: Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India.
authors.forename: Rachana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226025, India.
authors.forename: Samiksha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India.
authors.forename: Parul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parihar
authors.affiliation: Govt. Ramanuj Pratap Singhdev Post Graduate College, Baikunthpur, Korea 497335, Chhattisgarh, India. Electronic address: vijaypratap.au@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vijay Pratap
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India. Electronic address: profsmprasad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sheo Mohan
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000633:toxicity*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D001151:Arsenic
keywords: Arsenic contamination; Arsenic sources; Health hazards; Remediation techniques