Jannatun Nahar Jannat, Md Sanjid Islam Khan, H. M. Touhidul Islam, Md. Saiful Islam et al.
Qiying Zhang, Panpan Xu, Hui Qian
To investigate the quality of domestic groundwater and assess its risk to inhabitants of the Guanzhong Basin, China, 191 groundwater samples were collected to analyze major ions, nitrate, pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness (TH), and electrical conductivity (EC). The physiochemical para...
Karen L. Huyck, Molly L. Kile, Golam Mahiuddin, Quazi Quamruzzaman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the effects of maternal arsenic exposure on birth weight. METHODS: Hair, toenail, and drinking water samples were collected from pregnant women (n = 52) at multiple time points during pregnancy and from their newborns after birth. Total arsenic was measured using inductive...
Li Li, Eva‐Charlotte Ekström, Walter Goessler, Bo Lönnerdal et al.
BACKGROUND: The interindividual variation in metabolism of inorganic arsenic (iAs), involving methylation via one-carbon metabolism, has been well documented, but the reasons remain unclear. OBJECTIVES: In this population-based study we aimed to elucidate the effect of nutrition on As methylation am...
Subhash Chandra Mukherjee, Kshitish Chandra Saha, Shymapada Pati, Rathindra Nath Dutta et al.
INTRODUCTION: To understand the severity of related health effects of chronic arsenic exposure in West Bengal, a detailed 3-year study was carried out in Murshidabad, one of the nine arsenic-affected districts in West Bengal. METHODS: We screened 25,274 people from 139 arsenic-affected villages in M...
Alexander van Geen, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Ashraf Ali Seddique, Mohammad Shamsudduha
OBJECTIVE: To monitor the effectiveness of deep community wells in reducing exposure to elevated levels of arsenic in groundwater pumped from shallower aquifers. METHODS: Six community wells ranging in depth from 60 m to 140 m were installed in villages where very few of the wells already present pr...
Yu Chen, Alexander van Geen, Joseph H. Graziano, Alexander Pfaff et al.
BACKGROUND: There is a need to identify and evaluate an effective mitigation program for arsenic exposure from drinking water in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the effectiveness of a multifaceted mitigation program to reduce As exposure among 11,746 individuals in a prospective cohort study ini...
Mizanur Rahman, Martin Tondel, I. Chowdhury, Olav Axelson
OBJECTIVES: Exposure to arsenic causes keratosis, hyperpigmentation, and hypopigmentation and seemingly also diabetes mellitus, at least in subjects with skin lesions. Here we evaluate the relations of arsenical skin lesions and glucosuria as a proxy for diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Through existing ...
Molly L. Kile, Andrés Cárdenas, Ema Rodrigues, Maitreyi Mazumdar et al.
BACKGROUND: The relationship between arsenic and birth weight is not well understood. The objective was to evaluate the causal relationship between prenatal arsenic exposure and birth weight considering the potential mediation effects of gestational age and maternal weight gain during pregnancy usin...
Narottam Saha, Md. Bodrud-Doza, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Bilkis A. Begum et al.
Eleni P. Christoforidou, Elena Riza, Stefanos N. Kales, Konstantinos Hadjistavrou et al.
Exposure to inorganic arsenic (As) through drinking water is a major international public health issue. We carried out a systematic review of the existing literature examining the association between the risk of bladder cancer in humans and exposure to arsenic through drinking water. We searched ele...
Mahfuzar Rahman, Nazmul Sohel, Mohammad Yunus, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Arsenic in drinking water was associated with increased risk of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular death in adults. However, the extent to which exposure is related to all-cause and deaths from cancer and cardiovascular condition in young age is unknown. Therefore, we prospectively as...
Richard B. Johnston, Philip C. Singer
Arsenic in drinking water represents a major public health concern globally, with tens of millions of people thought to be consuming unsafe amounts of As daily. Groundwater is particularly vulnerable to As contamination, and one geochemical environment conducive to natural mobilization of As is foun...
Saika Nizam, Masashi Kato, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Md. Khalequzzaman et al.
Ingestion of inorganic arsenic (iAs) is considered to be related to the development of diabetes mellitus. In order to clarify the possible differences in the metabolism in diabetics, we measured urinary iAs metabolites in diabetic cases and non-diabetic control subjects in Faridpur, an arsenic-conta...
Chihurumnanya Belema Nwankwo, M. A. Hoque, Md. Atikul Islam, Ashraf Dewan
Abstract The use of groundwater, a major source of potable water, in developing countries has proven to be an invaluable resource for local populations. The ability to safely use this water for drinking, however, depends on its chemical quality, a factor primarily controlled by various aquifer attri...