Reviews of Environmental Contamination Volume 197 (eBook)

Arsenic Pollution and Remediation: An International Perspective

Hemda Garelick, Huw Jones (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 2008
IX, 194 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-79284-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

Inhalt

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 1
Contents 7
Introduction to Arsenic Contamination and Health Risk Assessment with Special Reference to Bangladesh 8
I Introduction 8
II Exposure Pathways for Arsenic 9
III Health Effects of Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic 11
IV Bioavailability of Ingested Inorganic Arsenic 12
V Application of the Health Risk Paradigm for Arsenic Contamination in the Bengal River Basin 14
VI Risk Mitigation for Arsenic Contamination 18
Summary 20
References 21
Arsenic Pollution Sources 23
I Introduction 24
II Arsenic Speciation 25
III Natural Sources 26
IV Anthropogenic Sources 47
Summary 54
References 57
Onsite Testing for Arsenic: Field Test Kits 67
I Introduction 67
II Criteria for Field Monitoring 68
III Analytical Methods for Water Samples 69
Summary 79
References 79
Technology for Remediation and Disposal of Arsenic 82
I Introduction 83
II Oxidation 84
III Coagulation and Filtration 89
IV Sorptive Filtration 98
V Ion Exchange 108
VI Membrane Techniques 110
VII Bioremediation by Algae 113
VIII Phytoremediation of Arsenic 114
IX Comparison of Arsenic Removal Technologies 115
X Conventional Filtration 116
XI Alternative Water Supply Options 118
XII Operational Issues 124
XIII Disposal of Generated Arsenic Waste 127
Summary 128
References 129
A Multi-Criteria Approach for Assessing Options to Remediate Arsenic in Drinking Water 134
I Introduction 135
II Multi-Criteria Approaches (MCA) 135
III Defining Criteria and Indicators 136
IV Defining Arsenic Treatment Options 138
V MCA Performance Matrix 140
VI Source Exposure Vector Criteria 143
VII Health Risk Criteria 146
VIII Cost Criteria 151
IX Community Acceptance Criteria 156
X Technical and Organizational Skill-Base Criteria 158
XI Community Location Criteria 158
XII Aggregating KPI Scores 161
Summary 164
References 165
Case Reports: Arsenic Pollution in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Hungary 167
I Introduction 168
II Arsenic Pollution in Thailand 168
III Arsenic Pollution in Bangladesh 179
IV Arsenic Pollution of Drinking Water in Hungary 183
Summary 189
References 190
Index 192

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.12.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Reihe/Serie: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 194 p. 45 illus.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: arsenic • Bangladesh • Chemistry • Contamination • Drinking Water • Ecology • Engineering • Environment • environmental contamination • environmental contamination and toxicology • epidemiology • groundwater • Hungary • pollution • Public Health • remediation • Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology • Thailand • toxicological implications • Toxicology • xenobiotic • xenobiotics
• ISBN-10: 0-387-79284-8 / 0387792848
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-79284-2 / 9780387792842