Arsenic bioaccumulation in rice and edible plants and subsequent transmission through food chain in Bengal basin: A review of the perspectives for environmental health

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-441

  Bhattacharya, Sayan ^a   Gupta, Kaushik ^b   Debnath, Sushanta ^b   Ghosh, Uday Chand ^b   Chattopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Aniruddha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

arsenic; bioaccumulation; food chain; rice

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CULTIVATION; ARSENIC BIOAVAILABILITY; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC SPECIES; BANGLADESH; BENGAL BASIN; CEREAL CROP; CROP FIELDS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EDIBLE PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; FLOODED CONDITIONS; FOOD CHAIN; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; HYPERACCUMULATING PLANT; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LOCAL PROBLEMS; RICE; SURFACE SOIL;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CROPS; ECONOMICS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RICE;

BENGAL;

EID: 84859208249     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.657200     Document Type: Article

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