Impact Of Chronic Arsenic Toxicity on Human Health- A Review

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Rupesh Dutta Banik, Uparna Dutta, Sneha Sahani, Shreya Saha, Subhankar Paul, Sibashish Baksi, Pritha Pal

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The levels of heavy metals in ground water continue to be higher than those considered acceptable by regulatory agencies in different countries across the world. One of the most important public health problems in the world is chronic arsenic poisoning, or arsenicosis, caused by drinking water that has been poisoned with arsenic. Arsenic poisoning over time has been related to a number of cancers of the skin, oral cavity, urinary bladder, kidney, and lung in addition to bone marrow depression, Blackfoot disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and a host of other ailments. In addition, arsenic causes DNA damage that has genotoxic effects. Around the world, 137 million people in 70 different nations depend on drinking water that has been drawn from severely contaminated groundwater. The two nations that have been affected the most so far are Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. The drinking water of 26 million people in nine districts of West Bengal contains levels of arsenic that are significantly higher than the WHO-acceptable limit of 10 g/l. The review focuses on the impact of chronic arsenic toxicity on public health worldwide.


 


 

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Rupesh Dutta Banik, Uparna Dutta, Sneha Sahani, Shreya Saha, Subhankar Paul, Sibashish Baksi, Pritha Pal