Assessment of arsenic exposure by drinking well water and associated carcinogenic risk in peri-urban areas of Vehari, Pakistan

Shah, A. H.; Shahid, Muhammad; Khalid, Sana; Natasha,; Shabbir, Zunaira; Bakhat, Hafiz Faiq; Murtaza, Behzad; Farooq, Amjad; Akram, Muhammad; Shah, Ghulam Mustafa; Nasim, Wajid; Niazi, Nabeel Khan

doi:10.1007/s10653-019-00306-6

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“…Regression trees for Cr, Pb, Zn and Cu were verified by the splitting factor including PTE content and soil chemistry factors. Shah et al (2020) reported a critical analysis of wastewater use in agriculture and associated health risks in Pakistan. In their review, the authors highlighted the negative and positive impact of wastewater on the chemical characteristics of the soil and delineates toxic metal accumulation in soil and possible soil-plant human transfer.…”

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Soil contamination and human health: recent contributions

Bech

2021

Environ Geochem Health

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Section: Organic Pollutantsmentioning

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Soil contamination and human health: recent contributions

Bech

2021

Environ Geochem Health

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“…The results concluded that children are comparatively highly exposed to the noncarcinogenic doses as compared to adults. Shah et al (2019) assessed As exposure via drinking groundwater and associated carcinogenic risk in 15 periurban areas of Vehari, Pakistan. 83% of the 127 groundwater samples collected and analysed (As content and physicochemical characteristics) showed mean As content higher than WHO limit.…”

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Soil contamination and human health: Part 1—preface

Bech

2020

Environ Geochem Health

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BackgroundThe collection of papers submitted to this Special Issue is mainly an outcome of the Session SSS8.5, EGU2018 ''Soil contamination and human health: advances and problems of risk assessment'', the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference held in Vienna, April 2018.The development of soil geochemistry and geochemical ecology has demonstrated a correlation between concentration of certain elements in soil, their transfer to local food chains and biological reactions to deficiency or excess of the particular elements, including diseases such as goitre, fluorosis, selenosis and cancer. The development of analytical chemistry combined with developing GIS increases the spatial correlation between soil geochemistry and medical data. It is necessary to establish the optimal level for population health and evaluate the spatial distribution of soil chemicals above or below these optimal levels.

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“…The presence of toxic arsenic (As) in the environment, especially in the aquatic environment, is very detrimental to all living organisms due to its persistent and non-biodegradable characteristics [1][2][3][4][5]. Meanwhile, globally, many studies have reported As exposure risks to human health via environmental media, especially As ingestion via drinking water and dietary consumption [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

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“…Note:1 Drinking water quality standard proposed by Ministry of Health Malaysia [53]; 2 Guidelines for drinking water quality proposed by the World Health Organization [54]; 3 Toxic reference value proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency [55]. 4, 5, 6, 7 Mean physico-chemical parameters' value is within the class I category by Dept.…”

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Predicting Arsenic (As) Exposure on Human Health for Better Management of Drinking Water Sources

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Mokhtar

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Chemical pollution in the transboundary Langat River in Malaysia is common both from point and non-point sources. Therefore, the water treatment plants (WTPS) at the Langat River Basin have experienced frequent shutdown incidents. However, the Langat River is one of the main sources of drinking water to almost one-third of the population in Selangor state. Meanwhile, several studies have reported a high concentration of Arsenic (As) in the Langat River that is toxic if ingested via drinking water. However, this is a pioneer study that predicts the As concentration in the Langat River based on time-series data from 2005–2014 to estimate the health risk associated with As ingestion via drinking water at the Langat River Basin. Several time-series prediction models were tested and Gradient Boosted Tree (GBT) gained the best result. This GBT model also fits better to predict the As concentration until December 2024. The mean concentration of As in the Langat River for both 2014 and 2024, as well as the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of As ingestion via drinking water, were within the drinking water quality standards proposed by the World Health Organization and Ministry of Health Malaysia. However, the ingestion of trace amounts of As over a long period might be detrimental to human health because of its non-biodegradable characteristics. Therefore, it is important to manage the drinking water sources to minimise As exposure risks to human health.

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Assessment of arsenic exposure by drinking well water and associated carcinogenic risk in peri-urban areas of Vehari, Pakistan

Cited by 83 publications

References 48 publications

Soil contamination and human health: recent contributions

Soil contamination and human health: recent contributions

Soil contamination and human health: Part 1—preface

Predicting Arsenic (As) Exposure on Human Health for Better Management of Drinking Water Sources

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