Confirmation of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater of Myanmar

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 478, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-24

  Van Geen, Alexander ^a   Win, Kyi Htut ^b   Zaw, Than ^b   Naing, Win ^c   Mey, Jacob L ^a   Mailloux, Brian ^d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation   (Myanmar)

^c Sittwe University   (Myanmar)

^d Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREAS;

AS CONTAMINATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXTENSIVE TESTING; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; RED RIVER BASIN; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; RISKS OF EXPOSURE;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; SULFATE;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MYANMAR; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MYANMAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893766125     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.073     Document Type: Article

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