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Ferguson's concept involves the use of bacteria to electrochemically detect and speciate arsenic.
The excessive level of arsenic can cause various types of skin diseases, diabetes, kidney diseases, hypertension, heart diseases, birth defects, black foot diseases and multiple types of cancers etc.
This diverse sampling reflected arsenic variance in the rice supply chain.
The World Health Organization (1993) guidelines for drinking water quality, recommend a maximum concentration of total arsenic of 10 ugL-1.
Different environmental exposures, for example drinking, cooking with arsenic contaminated water or eating arsenic contaminated food for example rice and other rice products and also the cooking methods of food are mainly responsible for arsenic contamination (Carbonell et al.
Performed experiments with laterite which was a vesieular clay residue found in a large quantity in the tropical regions to remove arsenic from water [2].
The early alchemists subsequently extracted from the sulphides a third compound, arsenic trioxide, the deadly white powder that is still most typically associated with murder mystery assassins.
Long-term human exposure to arsenic through drinking water containing arsenic above 10 [micro]g/L is associated with the following:
Patients investigations were carried which revealed high arsenic levels.
Diet is a large source of both inorganic and organic arsenic for typical individuals.
Arsenic takes its way into the soil by contaminated irrigation water and it can also contaminate groundwater through leaching.