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ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN WATER
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
Arsenic found in groundwater in 25 states, fluoride in 27 statesThe CGWB under the Ministry of Jal Shakti conducts regular monitoring and assessment of groundwater quality including ground water contamin...
High arsenic concentration in groundwater in 18 districts of Bihar: StudyHigh arsenic concentration has been found in groundwater in 18 districts of Bihar, as well as its correlation with incidences of gallbladde...
Massive groundwater contamination in 31 of 38 districts in Bihar: Economic Survey"The high concentration of arsenic, fluoride, and iron in groundwater in rural areas in 31 of 38 districts is posing a major health hazard....
IIT Guwahati develops technology to serve arsenic and fluoride-free drinking water in rural areas of AssamArsenic and fluoride contamination in drinking water is a foremost and growing concern among rural people not only in Assam but also in maj...
IIT Kharagpur's AI study finds 20 per cent of India has toxic levels of arsenic in groundwaterAccording to the researchers, the findings suggest a much greater extent of the high arsenic zones and total population exposed than alread...
Across India, high levels of toxins in groundwaterApart from nitrate contamination, the presence of fluoride, iron, arsenic and heavy metals has also touched worrying levels.
IIT--Kharagpur , Oxford develop technology for water treatmentBy combining mathematics with experiments and field data, the team helped predict how the filter performs in large scale, enabling the comm...
19% of Indians drink water with lethal levels of arsenicUttar Pradesh has the largest number of people, over 70 million, exposed to arsenic-contaminated water.
10 crore people drinking contaminated water in IndiaCentral government is taking steps to provide safe drinking water to about 28,000 arsenic and fluoride affected habitations over a span of ...
50 million people at risk of arsenic poisoning in Pakistan: Study'Extensive arsenic contamination in high-pH unconfined aquifers in the Indus Valley' was published yesterday in the journal of Science Adva...
Fluoride content in water high in 17 districts of ChhattisgarhAs of April 1, 2015, the Public Health Engineering Department has set a target to provide clean drinking water in fluoride affected 78 haml...
How arsenic contamination is affecting the Ganga basin in states like West Bengal, BiharIn Jharkhand, contamination has been reported in areas close to the Ganga and areas where the river has shifted recently and in eight distr...
Over 16,000 habitations hit by water contamination: GovernmentIntake of fluoride and arsenic contaminated drinking water leads to various clinical complications and at times even cause death, the Minis...
Arsenic-affected West Bengal village Gaighata now selling packaged drinking waterA co-operative is now supplying arsenic-free drinking water to a hundred families located in Madhusudankanti and selling it to nearby villa...
- Arsenic contamination in water can cause resistance to leishmaniasis drugs in India: Study
“The Indian subcontinent is the only region where arsenic contamination of drinking water coexists with widespread resistance to antimonial...
Arsenic poisoning water in North Karnataka: CAGVillagers in North Karnataka are drinking water with high arsenic content, said a Comptroller and Auditor General report released on Thursd...
- International centre to be set up in Kolkata to tackle arsenic contamination in eastern India
The government announced that it would set up an international centre to tackle arsenic contamination in Kolkata, with several parts of eas...
- Arsenic assumesing alarming proportion in Bihar
The presence of arsenic in groundwater has assumed alarming proportion in Bihar with 12 out of 38 districts affected by groundwater contami...
- Underground water in 13 districts contaminated with arsenic
Alarming levels of arsenic have been found in underground water sources of 13 districts in Uttar Pradesh, rendering them unsafe for drinkin...