title: Arsenic (As) contamination: A major risk factor in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region of China.
abstract: Xinjiang province is one of the unhealthiest region in China due to natural as well as man-made activities. Here soil and water having high concentration of multi-metals especially arsenic content in the soil and water is a major threat to the peoples which suffers regularly from arsenic contamination therefore multiple diseases and illness is the common phenomenon. Therefore this area urgently needed a comprehensive assessment by governmental and nongovernmental organization to cope up with this problem and find a miracle solution which can remediate soil and water quality. There peoples suffers much for the above mentioned reason.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Raipur 492001, CG, India; Bioremediation Laboratory, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China. Electronic address: santoshkarn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Santosh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Karn
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D058735:Environmental Policy; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis; D008906:Mining; D012307:Risk Factors; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D001151:Arsenic
keywords: Arsenic; Industries; Metal contamination; Mine tailing; Peoples; Xinjiang