Arsenic Contamination in Ground Water
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The document discusses arsenic contamination in Bangladesh. It defines arsenic as a natural element found in rocks, soil, water, air, and plants and animals. It exists in inorganic and organic chemical compounds. In Bangladesh, arsenic contamination of groundwater is a major problem, affecting over 126,000 square kilometers and millions of people. Arsenic poisoning can cause various diseases like cancer, skin lesions, and neurological effects. The document discusses some remediation methods like using alternative water sources and chemical treatment to remove arsenic from water.
Arsenic Contamination in Ground Water
- 1. Topic
- 2. TO My PRESENTATION Presented by: Emamul Haque ID: 130120022 Green University of Bangladesh
- 3. What is Arsenic? Arsenic is a natural element that can be found in rocks and soil, water, air, and in plants and animals.
- 4. Types of Arsenic Arsenic is usually part of chemical compounds. These compounds are divided Arsenic Inorganic compounds Organic compounds
- 5. Source of Arsenic The origin of groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh is directly related to the arsenic compounds present in soils. Arsenic can be found in the earth's crust, in deeply drilled wells, and in rocks, soil, air
- 6. Arsenic in Bangladesh The serious arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh has come out recently as the biggest natural calamity in the world. The people in 59 out of 64 districts comprising 126,134 km2 of Bangladesh are suffering
- 7. Effects of Arsenic When arsenic is inhaled due to its presence in airborne particles, the amount absorbed into the blood stream depends on two things how soluble the particular form
- 8. Arsenic Poisoning Related Diseases Kidney Failure Diarrhea Vertigo Lung Cancer Abdominal Pain Dehydration Peripheral Neuropathy Bladder Cancer. Kidney Cancer Nausea Shock Skin Cancer
- 9. Remediation of Arsenic Alternative sources of drinking water. Use of surface water. Removal of arsenic by chemical precipitation. Removal of arsenic by oxidation. Extraction and distribution of arsenic free groundwater from deep aquifers. Development of sewage and waste disposal system. Implementation of efficient water supply system. Removal of arsenic from the existing water sources. Removal of arsenic from water collected from the
- 10. How to Save From Arsenic Acute toxic inorganic arsenic exposure and arsine gas exposure can rapidly result in death, and there are only a few ways to possibly
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