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Vol. 23 No. 5 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 5

Arsenic in Drinking Water: A Review on Toxicological Effects, Mechanism of Accumulation and Remediation

Moonis Ali Khan1
1Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, India 3Water Research Centre, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan 4Department of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, P.R. China  *Corresponding author: Fax: +866 4 2330 5834; Tel: +866 4 2332 3456 ext. 1797; E-mail: ysho@asia.edu.tw
Yuh-Shan Ho3
1Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, India 3Water Research Centre, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan 4Department of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, P.R. China  *Corresponding author: Fax: +866 4 2330 5834; Tel: +866 4 2332 3456 ext. 1797; E-mail: ysho@asia.edu.tw

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 23 No. 5 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 5

Abstract

The aim of this review article is to bring out the toxicological effects caused by arsenic on the biological systems. Drinking water is the major direct source of arsenic exposure by general population. The two predominant species of arsenic are arsenate [As(V)] and arsenite [As(III)]. Arsenite is much more toxic. The review covers a bibliometric analysis of drinking water from 1991 to 2008 covering 2,299 publications on the subject. The data source and case study section highlights the historical and present evidences of arsenic toxicity. The effect of toxicity, biomarkers of arsenic toxicity and the mechanism of arsenic toxicity on plants and animals and sources of remediation are well reported in the article. Lastly various treatment technologies to minimize or remove arsenic are reported.

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Arsenic Drinking water Bibliometric analysis.
Ali Khan1, M., & Ho3, Y.-S. (2011). Arsenic in Drinking Water: A Review on Toxicological Effects, Mechanism of Accumulation and Remediation. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 23(5), 1889–1901. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/10280
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