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...
04 Dec, 2023, 09.11 PM IST
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...
14 Jan, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
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...
11 Feb, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
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...
22 May, 2018, 09.10 AM IST
- A cost-effective way of arsenic sensing and removal
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) A Kolkata-based company in partnership with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research has come up with ...
16 May, 2018, 10.32 PM IST
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.
24 Dec, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
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...
24 Aug, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
Over 3.6 rural people at risk due to unsafe drinking water: Ram Kripal YadavOver 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural habitations are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems.
21 Dec, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
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...
24 Jul, 2015, 11.30 AM IST
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...
02 Feb, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Arsenic in groundwater impacts 7 crore lives: PanelThe committee found that the WHO standard was "relaxed" merely due to abundance of arsenic in ground water and lack of alternative source o...
12 Dec, 2014, 11.08 AM IST
West Bengal: 'Sulabh Drinking Water' project to provide villages arsenic-free waterAs per water purification project 'Sulabh Drinking Water' converts pond water into safe drinking water and can be sold at only 50 paise per...
24 Nov, 2014, 04.55 PM IST
- 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...
29 Oct, 2013, 01.14 PM IST
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...
08 Jun, 2013, 02.17 AM IST
- 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...
11 May, 2012, 06.46 AM IST
- Solution to arsenic poisoning in India found
British scientists claim to have found a solution to the world's worst case of poisoning through exposure to arsenic in rice and water in e...
08 Sep, 2008, 07.19 AM IST
- 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...
07 May, 2008, 11.04 AM IST