Arsenic in Soil and Groundwater Environment
Biogeochemical Interactions, Health Effects and Remediation

A timely presentation of the problem of arsenic in groundwater, the affects it has on human health, and ways to remove it

Prosun Bhattacharya (Edited by), Arun B. B. Mukherjee (Edited by), Jochen Bundschuh (Edited by), Ron Zevenhoven (Edited by), Richard H. Loeppert (Edited by)

9780444518200, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 18 May 2007

684 pages
24 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.37 kg

This volume presents the recent developments in the field of arsenic in soil and groundwater. Arranged into nine sections, the text emphasizes the global occurrences of arsenic in the environment, particularly on its source, pathways, behavior, and effects it has on soils, plants, water, animals, and humans. It also covers the diverse issues of arsenic in the mining environment, arsenic emanating from hydrothermal springs, and the geochemical modeling of arsenic adsorption to oxide surfaces. Finally, the text includes different cost effective removal mechanisms of arsenic from drinking water using natural red earth, solar oxidation, and arsenic oxidation by ferrrate.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Section I: Arsenic in Soil and Groundwater: Global Occurrences
Section II: Arsenic in Soil Environment
Section III: Arsenic in Plant and Crops
Section IV: Arsenic in Contaminated Sites, Wastes and Material Flow
Section V: Health Risks of Arsenic
Section VI: Arsenic Removal Mechanisms

Subject Areas: Pollution control [TQK], Pollution & threats to the environment [RNP], The environment [RN], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Earth sciences [RB], Toxicology [non-medical PSBT], Biochemistry [PSB], Medical toxicology [MMGT], Environmental factors [MBNH2], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN], Health & safety issues [KNXC]