Arsenic exposure from drinking water and staple food (rice): A field scale study in rural Bengal for assessment of human health risk.
Arsenic
Cancer risk
Drinking water
Exposure assessment
Rice
Journal
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
ISSN: 1090-2414
Titre abrégé: Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7805381
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 Nov 2021
24 Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
16
05
2021
revised:
02
10
2021
accepted:
17
11
2021
pubmed:
28
11
2021
medline:
28
11
2021
entrez:
27
11
2021
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Arsenic is a well-known carcinogen with emerging reports showing a range of health outcomes even for low to moderate levels of exposure. This study deals with arsenic exposure and associated increased lifetime cancer risk for populations in arsenic-endemic regions of rural Bengal, where arsenic-safe drinking water is being supplied at present. We found a median total exposure of inorganic arsenic to be 2. 9 μg/Kg BW/day (5
Identifiants
pubmed: 34837872
pii: S0147-6513(21)01124-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.113012
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113012Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.