Multiple inorganic toxic substances contaminating the groundwater of Myingyan Township, Myanmar: Arsenic, manganese, fluoride, iron, and uranium

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 517; pp. 232 - 245
• Main Authors: Bacquart, Thomas, Frisbie, Seth, Mitchell, Erika, Grigg, Laurie, Cole, Christopher, Small, Colleen, Sarkar, Bibudhendra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Arsenic; Arsenic - analysis; Burma; Drinking water; Drinking water guidelines; Environmental Monitoring; Fluorides; Groundwater; Groundwater - chemistry; Hydrogeology; Inorganic Chemicals - analysis; Iron - analysis; Manganese; Manganese - analysis; Myanmar; South Asia; Toxic; Toxicology; Trace metals; Uranium - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Wells; Myanmar; ISW, India, West Bengal; Myanmar, Ayeyarwaddy R; ISW, Bangladesh; ISW, Myanmar; Asia; Drinking water; Hydrogeology; Burma; Drinking water guidelines; Trace metals; South Asia

In South Asia, the technological and societal shift from drinking surface water to groundwater has resulted in a great reduction of acute diseases due to water borne pathogens. However, arsenic and other naturally occurring inorganic toxic substances present in groundwater in the region have been li...