Arsenic poisoning of Bangladesh groundwater

被引：1186

作者：

Nickson, R

McArthur, J

Burgess, W

Ahmed, KM

Ravenscroft, P

Rahman, M

机构：

[1] UCL, London WC1E 6BT, England

[2] Univ Dhaka, Dept Geol, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

[3] Mott Macdonald Int Ltd, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

[4] Bangladesh Water Dev Board, GWCII, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh

来源：

NATURE | 1998年 / 395卷 / 6700期

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D O I：

10.1038/26387

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

In Bangladesh and West Bengal, alluvial Ganges aquifers used for public water supply are polluted with naturally occurring arsenic, which adversely affects the health of millions of people. Here we show that the arsenic derives from the reductive dissolution of arsenic-rich iron oxyhydroxides, which in turn are derived from weathering of base-metal sulphides. This finding means it should now be possible, by sedimentological study of the Ganges alluvial sediments, to guide the placement of new water wells so they will be free of arsenic.

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页码：338 / 338

页数：1