Worldwide Occurrences of Arsenic in Ground Water
Abstract
Numerous aquifers worldwide carry soluble arsenic at concentrations greater than the World Health Organization--and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--recommended drinking water standard of 10 mg per liter. Sources include both natural (black shales, young sediments with low flushing rates, gold mineralization, and geothermal environments) and anthropogenic (mining activities, livestock feed additives, pesticides, and arsenic trioxide wastes and stockpiles). Increased solubility and mobility of arsenic is promoted by high pH (>8.5), competing oxyanions, and reducing conditions. In this Policy Forum, Nordstrom argues that human health risks from arsenic in ground water can be minimized by incorporating hydrogeochemical knowledge into water management decisions and by more careful monitoring for arsenic in geologically high-risk areas.
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- Authors
- Nordstrom, D. K.
- Affiliations
- United States Geological Survey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nordstrom, D. Kirk
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2002-06-21
- Volume
- 296
- Issue
- 5576
- Pages
- 2143-2145
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1777939053
- Cited by
- 1,622
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 27.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Keywords
- arsenic, groundwater contamination, drinking water quality, arsenic sources, anthropogenic arsenic sources, mining, livestock feed additives, arsenic trioxide, hydrogeochemistry, arsenic mobility, human health risk, water management
- MeSH terms
- Arsenic, Arsenicals, Carcinogens, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Oxidation-Reduction, Policy Making, Public Health, Solubility, United States, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Water Supply, Global Health, Risk Assessment, Geologic Sediments
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