Arsenic in the environment

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1. Arsenic Geochemistry

   By Darrell Kirk Nordstrom, Heather E. Jamieson

   Series: Arsenic in the environment

   Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press
2. The Metabolism of Arsenite

   Edited by Joanne M. Santini, Seamus A. Ward

   Series: Arsenic in the environment

   Up to 200 million people in 70 countries are at risk from drinking water contaminated with arsenic, which is a major cause of chronic debilitating illnesses and fatal cancers. Until recently little was known about the mobility of arsenic, and how redox transformations determined its movement into...

   Published April 19th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Arsenic: Natural and Anthropogenic

   Edited by Eleonora Deschamps, Jörg Matschullat

   Series: Arsenic in the environment

   The discussion on arsenic in the environment is complex and must grasp the importance of very many, mostly unrelated works on individual aspects. This volume represents one of the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary examinations into arsenic's behaviour in air, water, soils, sediments, plants...

   Published February 24th 2011 by CRC Press
4. The Taiwan Crisis: a showcase of the global arsenic problem

   By Jiin-Shuh Jean, Jochen Bundschuh, Chien-Jen Chen, How-Ran Guo, Chen-Wuing Liu, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Yen-Hua Chen

   Series: Arsenic in the environment

   In the 1950s, the residents of the southwestern coastal areas of Taiwan suffered greatly from Blackfoot disease (BFD) due to the consumption of arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Groundwater with high levels of arsenic in southwestern and northeastern Taiwan received much attention. After...

   Published May 27th 2010 by CRC Press
5. The Global Arsenic Problem

   Challenges for Safe Water Production

   Edited by Nalan Kabay, Jochen Bundschuh, Bruce Hendry, Marek Bryjak, Kazuharu Yoshizuka, Prosun Bhattacharya, Suer Anac

   Series: Arsenic in the environment

   A prevalent and increasingly important issue, arsenic removal continues to be one of the most important areas of water treatment. Conventional treatment plants may employ several methods for removing arsenic from water. Commonly used processes include oxidation, sedimentation, coagulation and...

   Published April 25th 2010 by CRC Press