Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health

Chowdhury, Shyamal; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Zimmermann, Klaus F.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2811583

Cited by 20 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 59 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…An iron clog in to fish gills and it is lethal to fishes, when these fishes are eaten by human leads to the major health issue [24]. Metal contaminated water leads to hair loss, liver cirrhosis, renal failure [25] and neural disorder [26].…”

Section: Effects Of Water Pollution On Human Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water pollution and human health.

Haseena¹,

Malik²,

Javed³

et al. 2017

Environ Risk Assess Remediat

200

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study was conducted at Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan during 2016-2017 as a term paper for Master of Philosophy. The data regarding water pollution and human health was obtained and compiled through a thorough review of various published research articles of international reputed journal and relevant books. Water covers about 70% Earth's surface. Safe drinking water is a basic need for all humans. The WHO reports that 80% diseases are waterborne. Industrialization, discharge of domestic waste, radioactive waste, population growth, excessive use of pesticides, fertilizers and leakage from water tanks are major sources of water pollution. These wastes have negative effects on human health. Different chemicals have different affects depending on their locations and kinds. Bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases like typhoid, cholera, encephalitis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis, skin infection and gastrointestinal are spreading through polluted water. It is recommended to examine the water quality on regular basis to avoid its destructive effects on human health. Domestic and agriculture waste should not be disposed of without treating. AbstractWater pollution and human health.

show abstract

Section: Effects Of Water Pollution On Human Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water pollution and human health.

Haseena¹,

Malik²,

Javed³

et al. 2017

Environ Risk Assess Remediat

200

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…An iron clog in to fish gills and it is lethal to fishes, when these fishes are eaten by human leads to the major health issue [20,24]. Metal contaminated water leads to hair loss, liver cirrhosis, renal failure [21,25] and neural disorder [22].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation on the Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health in Juba County, Republic of South Sudan

Ladu¹,

Athiba²,

Lako³

et al. 2018

JEPHH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water pollution in Juba County is one the major problem affecting the community. In recent years, rural urban migration caused by internal conflict and small industrialization in Juba, has accelerated the problem of water pollution. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of water pollution on Human health in Juba County. The study used combination of participatory, qualitative and quantitative method to collect the necessary data. A sample size of 50 respondents was taken for this study. The result revealed main sources of drinking water in Juba County is from water tank according to 57.5% of the respondents. The majority of respondents 52.5% revealed that the major factor that leads to water pollution in Juba County is the random dumping of garbage to water bodies. The obtained results revealed that, the majority of people in the area treat their water by using Chlorine tablets (chlorination) which is represented by 57.5% of the respondents. About 42% of the respondents said that water pollution kill life that habitat in water, causes diseases and destroying ecosystem both on the environment and human health. About 55% of the respondents revealed that, there should be awareness for the communities about the effects of water pollution and they perceived it as the best way to prevent water pollution. Bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases like typhoid, cholera, encephalitis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis, skin infection and gastrointestinal are spreading through polluted water. It is recommended that there should be proper management of water bodies and waste disposal system. Awareness programs and formulation of laws should be carried out to control the pollution. Further research studies, including epidemiological studies, are necessary to determine better the impact of water pollution on Human health and on the environment in Juba County.

show abstract

“…For the project on arsenic poisoning (Chowdhury et al, 2015), 150 villages from the four districts and 30 households within each village were randomly selected for inclusion in the study. A detailed household survey with these households was run between March and May 2014.…”

Section: Sample Selection and Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Briefly, it is representative of the rural area of the four districts, and the sample households are similar to the rest of the rural households in terms of their observable characteristics. 7 In Table A.1 in the Appendix we compare these 1,001 households that have children (that are a subset of the 1,500 households interviewed in the wave in October and November 2014; with the other households not having children (or not in the eligible age range)) and the remaining 3,467 households in the dataset of Chowdhury et al (2015). Both sets differ (in small absolute amounts) in the following variables, yet in an expected way since we focus on here on the 1,001 households with children (a condition that not all other households satisfy): Fathers in our 1,001 households are slightly (1.3 years) older, parents less educated (0.8 years less schooling, which fits the negative relation between age and schooling in Bangladesh), households are larger (1.1 additional member), and have slightly lower per-capita income (due to the larger household size).…”

Section: Sample Selection and Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Preferences Across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-Scale Experiment

2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Economic preferences are important for lifetime outcomes such as educational achievements, health status, or labour market success. We present a holistic view of how economic preferences are related within families. In an experiment with 544 families (and 1,999 individuals) from rural Bangladesh we find a large degree of intergenerational persistence of economic preferences. Both mothers' and fathers' risk, time and social preferences are significantly (and largely to the same degree) positively correlated with their children's economic preferences, even when controlling for personality traits and socioeconomic background data. We discuss possible transmission channels for these relationships within families and find indications that there is more than pure genetics at work. Moving beyond an individual level analysis, we are the first to classify a whole family into one of two clusters, with either relatively patient, risk-tolerant and pro-social members or relatively impatient, risk averse and spiteful members. Socioeconomic background variables correlate with the cluster to which a family belongs to.

show abstract

Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

Water pollution and human health.

Water pollution and human health.

Investigation on the Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health in Juba County, Republic of South Sudan

Economic Preferences Across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-Scale Experiment

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About