"Arsenic in rice is not a problem because everybody eats it": The past, present and future of regulation of arsenic in drinking water and food

Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic, As 2012 - 4th International Congress: Arsenic in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 239-243

  Polya, D ^a   Gibson, J ^b   Russell, N ^b   Sauer, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ECONOMIC CRITERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; GEOGENIC; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84864867777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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