Environmental & Analytical Toxicology

Shankar P

Publications

• Research Article
  Ground Water Arsenic Poisoning in "Tilak Rai Ka Hatta" Village of Buxar District, Bihar, India Causing Severe Health Hazards and Hormonal Imbalance
  Author(s): Kumar A, Ali Md, Rahman S Md, Iqubal A Md, Anand G, Niraj PK, Shankar P and Kumar RKumar A, Ali Md, Rahman S Md, Iqubal A Md, Anand G, Niraj PK, Shankar P and Kumar R
  
  In the recent times, arsenic poisoning due to contaminated ground water in the middle Gangetic plain has resulted to lots of health related problems in the population. In Bihar (India), about 16 districts have been reported to be affected with arsenic poisoning. In the present study, Tilak Rai Ka Hatta village, a flood plain Diara region of river Ganga in Buxar district was targeted for the ground water arsenic assessment and health related problems assessments among the village population. Altogether, 120 water samples were randomly collected for arsenic estimation and their results were statistically analysed. While for assessment of health related problems in the village people, 120 biological samples (blood) were collected from the same households. The study showed high contamination of arsenic in the ground water as three fourth region of the entire v.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000290

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