Identifying occurrences of groundwater arsenic in Latin America: a continent-wide problem and challenge
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Paper/Presentation Title | Identifying occurrences of groundwater arsenic in Latin America: a continent-wide problem and challenge |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Bundschuh, J. (Author), Litter, M. I. (Author), Nicolli, H. B. (Author), Hoinkis, J. (Author) and Bhattacharya, P. (Author) |
Editors | Jean, Jiin-Shuh, Bundschuh, Jochen and Bhattacharya, Prosun |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases; Arsenic 2010 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Place of Publication | Leiden, Netherlands |
ISBN | 9780415578981 |
9780203845318 | |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780415578981 |
Conference/Event | 3rd International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS 2010): Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases |
Event Details | 3rd International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS 2010): Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases Parent International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS) Event Date 17 to end of 21 May 2010 Event Location Tainan, Taiwan |
Abstract | The first reports of arsenic(As)-rich groundwater in Latin America are those of Argentina (Goyenechea, 1917; Ayerza, 1917a,b, 1918). The discoveries of As-contaminated water resources in Chile and Mexico fall about together with the first important discovery made in Asia (Taiwan) at the beginning of the 1960s. Until today, remediation of the problem was performed only in some bigger cities. The population of rural areas and those from isolated urban areas without centralized water supply systems still suffer from ingesting As-contaminated water. In Latin America, at least conditions (e.g., Chaco-Pampean Plain of Argentina and Uruguay). Geothermal water mixing with freshwater resources is important in many regions of the Andes as well as the active volcanic areas of Central America and Mexico. Detailed information about As occurrence in water resources of Latin America, the related health effects and experiences on remediation are described in Bundschuh et al.(2008 2009). In this paper, we will only give a short summary of the principal regions of Latin America where the water resources are contaminated by As. |
Keywords | arsenic; groundwater; Latin America |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring |
370799. Hydrology not elsewhere classified | |
400513. Water resources engineering | |
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Byline Affiliations | Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina | |
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina | |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2q42/identifying-occurrences-of-groundwater-arsenic-in-latin-america-a-continent-wide-problem-and-challenge
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