The Taiwan crisis: a showcase of the global arsenic problem
Authored book
Book Title | The Taiwan crisis: a showcase of the global arsenic problem |
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Book Category | Authored book |
ERA Publisher ID | 1624 |
Authors | Jean, Jiin-Shuh (Author), Bundschuh, Jochen (Author), Chen, Chien-Jen (Author), Guo, How-Ran (Author), Liu, Chen-Wuing (Author), Lin, Tsair-Fuh (Author) and Chen, Yen-Hua (Author) |
Number of Pages | 234 |
Series | Arsenic in the Environment |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780415585101 |
9780203848067 | |
Abstract | In the 1950s, the residents of the southwestern coastal areas of Taiwan suffered greatly from Blackfoot disease (BFD) due to the consumption of arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Groundwater with high levels of arsenic in southwestern and northeastern Taiwan received much attention. After arsenic-safe tap water was utilized for drinking instead of groundwater in the 1970s, BFD cases decreased greatly. After 1990, no new BFD cases were reported, and as a consequence, BFD problems disregarded. However, arsenic is still present in the groundwater. |
Keywords | groundwater; arsenic; taiwan; environmental toxicology |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring |
370799. Hydrology not elsewhere classified | |
401199. Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan |
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany | |
Genomics Research Center, Taiwan | |
National Taiwan University, Taiwan | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2qz4/the-taiwan-crisis-a-showcase-of-the-global-arsenic-problem
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