Arsenic exposure in Indo Gangetic plains of Bihar causing increased cancer risk

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 2376 - 16
• Main Authors: Kumar, Arun, Ali, Mohammad, Kumar, Ranjit, Kumar, Mukesh, Sagar, Prity, Pandey, Ritu Kumari, Akhouri, Vivek, Kumar, Vikas, Anand, Gautam, Niraj, Pintoo Kumar, Rani, Rita, Kumar, Santosh, Kumar, Dhruv, Bishwapriya, Akhouri, Ghosh, Ashok Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.01.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/67; 631/67/2324; 692/4028; 692/499; 692/699; 704/172; Adult; Aged; Arsenic; Arsenic - adverse effects; Arsenic - blood; Arsenic Poisoning - complications; Arsenic Poisoning - epidemiology; Biomarkers - blood; Blood; Blood levels; Cancer; Case-Control Studies; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Etiology; Female; Geography, Medical; Groundwater; Groundwater pollution; Health risks; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; India - epidemiology; Leukemia; Lung cancer; Lymphoma; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - etiology; Poisoning; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Urban areas; Young Adult; India

Reportedly, 300 million people worldwide are affected by the consumption of arsenic contaminated groundwater. India prominently figures amongst them and the state of Bihar has shown an upsurge in cases affected by arsenic poisoning. Escalated arsenic content in blood, leaves 1 in every 100 human bei...