Arsenic contamination in rice, wheat, pulses, and vegetables: A study in an arsenic affected area of West Bengal, India

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 213, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 3-13

  Bhattacharya, P ^a   Samal, A C ^a   Majumdar, J ^a   Santra, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Crop; Irrigation water; Rice; Vegetable; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; AFFECTED AREA; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC TOXICITY; BRINJALS; CONCENTRATION LIMITS; DRINKING WATER; FOOD HYGIENE; HOT SPOT; IRRIGATION WATER; IRRIGATION WATERS; RICE; RICE GRAINS; STUDY AREAS; VEGETABLE; WEST BENGAL; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CROP; DRINKING WATER; IRRIGATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RICE; TOXICITY; VEGETABLE;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ECOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WHEAT;

INDIA; NADIA; WEST BENGAL;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ARUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CURCUMA LONGA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78049324570     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0361-9     Document Type: Article

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