Heavy-metal pollution and arseniasis in Hetao region, China
Article Abstract:
Drinking water in the Hetao region in northern China has become toxic due to the presence of arsenic (As) and other heavy metals in soil and water. Results of studies show that the contaminants originate in the ore deposit zone fronting Yin mountains in the upper reaches of the Hetao region.
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2004
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Heavy-metal pollution and arseniasis in Hetao region, China
Article Abstract:
Drinking water in the Hetao region in northern China has become toxic due to the presence of arsenic (As) and other heavy metals in soil and water. Results of studies show that the contaminants originate in the ore deposit zone fronting Yin mountains in the upper reaches of the Hetao region.
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2004
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Blackfoot disease in Taiwan: Its link with inorganic arsenic exposure from drinking water
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The link between the exposure of arsenic from drinking artesian well water and the development of the Blackfoot disease (BFD), an endemic peripheral vascular disease confined to the southwestern coast of Taiwan is reviewed.
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2007
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