Heavy-metal pollution and arseniasis in Hetao region, China

Article Abstract:

Drinking water in the Hetao region in northern China has become toxic due to the presence of arsenic (As) and other heavy metals in soil and water. Results of studies show that the contaminants originate in the ore deposit zone fronting Yin mountains in the upper reaches of the Hetao region.

Analysis, Complications and side effects, Influence, Chemical properties

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Heavy-metal pollution and arseniasis in Hetao region, China

Article Abstract:

Drinking water in the Hetao region in northern China has become toxic due to the presence of arsenic (As) and other heavy metals in soil and water. Results of studies show that the contaminants originate in the ore deposit zone fronting Yin mountains in the upper reaches of the Hetao region.

Environmental aspects, Drinking water, Heavy metals

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Blackfoot disease in Taiwan: Its link with inorganic arsenic exposure from drinking water

Article Abstract:

The link between the exposure of arsenic from drinking artesian well water and the development of the Blackfoot disease (BFD), an endemic peripheral vascular disease confined to the southwestern coast of Taiwan is reviewed.

Taiwan, Causes of, Report, Blackfoot, Blackfoot (Medicine)

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