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Arsenic Contamination in the World: an International Sourcebook provides a global compendium of cited arsenic occurrences in the world as they affect public health.
This book details arsenic contamination by source, region and arsenic-affected country. Arsenic is identified in 105 countries and territories, representing a larger database than any previous published work. Sources of arsenic contamination are categorized as Anthropogenic, Geogenic, Volcanogenic, Coal, Mining and Petroleum-related. National, regional and international maps locate the affected areas and populations. A synthesis of critical country information includes an estimate of the exposed population of 226 million people worldwide.
This reference work is an indispensable tool for medical doctors, public health workers, scientists, water experts, governments, industries, non-profit organizations and communities in identifying site-specific arsenic contamination. An extensive bibliography of peer-reviewed literature gives the reader important arsenic contamination locations as the first step towards remediation. This Sourcebook is updatable via an on-line annex which provides up-to-date information on new arsenic occurrences and developments. We invite readers to participate in updating this database at: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/ExecutiveSummaryofArsenicContaminationintheWorld By synthesizing the known occurrences of arsenic world-wide, this reference book offers an essential tool for understanding and addressing the global arsenic geological-public health interface.
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Author: Susan Murcott, Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Table of Contents: Executive Summary, African Region, Region of the Americas, Asia Region, European Region, Region of Australia and Oceania.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover page | 1 | ||
| Half-title page | 2 | ||
| Title page | 3 | ||
| Copyright page | 4 | ||
| Contents | 5 | ||
| List of Figures | 9 | ||
| Executive Summary | 9 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 9 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 9 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 10 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 11 | ||
| List of Tables | 12 | ||
| Executive Summary | 12 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 12 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 12 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 13 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 14 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 14 | ||
| List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 15 | ||
| Acknowledgments | 17 | ||
| Executive Summary | 18 | ||
| Introduction | 20 | ||
| Arsenic Exposure | 20 | ||
| Country and Arsenic Source Summaries | 21 | ||
| ANTHROPOGENIC-RELATED ARSENIC | 25 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 26 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 26 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 27 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 28 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 30 | ||
| COAL-RELATED ARSENIC | 30 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 31 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 32 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 33 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 33 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 34 | ||
| GEOGENIC-RELATED ARSENIC | 35 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 36 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 37 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 39 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 42 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 44 | ||
| MINING-RELATED ARSENIC | 44 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 44 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 46 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 47 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 49 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 51 | ||
| PETROLEUM-RELATED ARSENIC | 51 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 52 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 52 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 52 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 53 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 53 | ||
| VOLCANOGENIC-RELATED ARSENIC FROM GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS AND WELL EFFLUENTS | 53 | ||
| Section 1. African Region | 57 | ||
| Section 2. Region of the Americas | 57 | ||
| Section 3. Asian Region | 57 | ||
| Section 4. European Region | 58 | ||
| Section 5. Region of Australia and Oceania | 59 | ||
| Section 1 | 60 | ||
| African Region | 60 | ||
| 1.1 ALGERIA (G, M) | 60 | ||
| 1.2 BOTSWANA (G, M) | 60 | ||
| 1.3 BURKINA FASO (G, M) | 61 | ||
| 1.4 CAMEROON (M) | 63 | ||
| 1.5 EGYPT (G, M) | 63 | ||
| 1.6 GHANA (G, M) | 63 | ||
| 1.7 KENYA (M) | 67 | ||
| 1.8 MOROCCO (M) | 67 | ||
| 1.9 NAMIBIA (M) | 68 | ||
| 1.10 NIGER (G, M) | 68 | ||
| 1.11 NIGERIA (A, C, G, M, P, V) | 69 | ||
| 1.12 SOUTH AFRICA (A, C, M) | 71 | ||
| 1.13 UGANDA (M) | 73 | ||
| 1.14 ZAMBIA (G, M) | 73 | ||
| 1.15 ZIMBABWE (G, M) | 75 | ||
| Section 2 | 77 | ||
| Region of the Americas | 77 | ||
| 2.1 ARGENTINA (G) | 77 | ||
| 2.2 BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) (G, M) | 79 | ||
| 2.3 BRAZIL (A, C, G, M) | 81 | ||
| 2.4 CANADA (A, C, G, M, P) | 83 | ||
| 2.5 CHILE (G, M) | 87 | ||
| 2.6 COLOMBIA (G, M, V) | 90 | ||
| 2.7 COSTA RICA (V) | 90 | ||
| 2.8 CUBA (A, M) | 91 | ||
| 2.9 DOMINICA (V) | 91 | ||
| 2.10 ECUADOR (P) | 92 | ||
| 2.11 EL SALVADOR (V) | 93 | ||
| 2.12 GUATEMALA (A, G, M) | 93 | ||
| 2.13 HONDURAS (M, V) | 93 | ||
| 2.14 JAMAICA (V) | 94 | ||
| 2.15 MEXICO (A, G, M, V) | 94 | ||
| Zimapán Valley (Hidalgo State) | 95 | ||
| Lagunera region (Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua and Coahuila states) | 96 | ||
| Guariana Valley (Durango State) | 96 | ||
| San Luis Potosi state | 96 | ||
| Sonora State | 96 | ||
| Baja California Sur | 96 | ||
| Aguascalientes State | 97 | ||
| Rioverde Valley (San Luis Potosí) | 97 | ||
| Other States | 97 | ||
| 2.16 NICARAGUA (G, V) | 98 | ||
| 2.17 PARAGUAY (M) | 100 | ||
| 2.18 PERU (G, M, V) | 100 | ||
| 2.19 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (A, C, G, M, P, V) | 101 | ||
| Alabama (C) | 106 | ||
| Alaska (G, M) | 106 | ||
| Arizona (A, G, M) | 107 | ||
| Arkansas (A, G) | 108 | ||
| California (A, G, M, V) | 109 | ||
| Colorado (A, G, M) | 110 | ||
| Connecticut (A, G) | 111 | ||
| Florida (A, G, M) | 112 | ||
| Georgia (A, C, G) | 113 | ||
| Hawaii (A) | 114 | ||
| Idaho (G, M, V) | 114 | ||
| Illinois (C, G) | 114 | ||
| Indiana (A, C, G, M) | 115 | ||
| Kansas (A, C, G, M) | 117 | ||
| Kentucky (A, C) | 117 | ||
| Louisiana (A) | 118 | ||
| Maine (A, G) | 118 | ||
| Maryland (A) | 119 | ||
| Massachusetts (A, G) | 120 | ||
| Michigan (G) | 120 | ||
| Minnesota (A, G) | 121 | ||
| Mississippi (G) | 121 | ||
| Missouri (A, G) | 123 | ||
| Montana (A, V) | 124 | ||
| Nebraska (G) | 124 | ||
| Nevada (G, M, V) | 124 | ||
| New Hampshire (A, G) | 126 | ||
| New Jersey (A) | 128 | ||
| New Mexico (A, G, M) | 129 | ||
| New York (A) | 130 | ||
| Hydraulic Fracturing and Arsenic Release | 131 | ||
| The case of the Upper Delaware River watershed between New York and Pennsylvania | 131 | ||
| North Carolina (G) | 132 | ||
| North Dakota (A, C, G) | 132 | ||
| Ohio (A, C, G, P) | 133 | ||
| Oklahoma (A, G, M, P) | 134 | ||
| Oregon (A, G) | 135 | ||
| Pennsylvania (A, C, G) | 135 | ||
| South Carolina (A, G) | 136 | ||
| South Dakota (A, C, G, M) | 137 | ||
| Tennessee (C, G, M) | 138 | ||
| Texas (A, C, G, P) | 138 | ||
| Utah (G) | 139 | ||
| Vermont (A, G) | 139 | ||
| Washington (A, M, G) | 140 | ||
| West Virginia (C) | 140 | ||
| Wisconsin (G) | 141 | ||
| Wyoming (C, G, V) | 141 | ||
| 2.20 URUGUAY (A, G, V) | 142 | ||
| 2.21 VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES (G) | 142 | ||
| Section 3 | 143 | ||
| Asian Region | 143 | ||
| 3.1 AFGHANISTAN (G, M, P) | 143 | ||
| 3.2 ARMENIA (G, M, P) | 145 | ||
| 3.3 AZERBAIJAN (M, P) | 146 | ||
| 3.4 BANGLADESH (A, G) | 147 | ||
| 3.5 CAMBODIA (G) | 152 | ||
| Arsenic Contamination Testing Results | 154 | ||
| Policy and Remediation | 159 | ||
| 3.6 CHINA (A, C, G, M, P) | 160 | ||
| Anhui Province (A, G) | 173 | ||
| Beijing (C, G) | 173 | ||
| Chongqing (C) | 174 | ||
| Fujian Province (A, C, G) | 174 | ||
| Gansu Province (G) | 174 | ||
| Guangdong Province | 174 | ||
| Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (A, M, C) | 175 | ||
| Guizhou Province (C, G, M) | 175 | ||
| Hebei Province (C) | 177 | ||
| Heilongjiang Province (A, C, G, P) | 177 | ||
| Henan Province (C, G, M) | 177 | ||
| Hubei Province (C) | 178 | ||
| Hunan Province (A, C, M) | 178 | ||
| Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) Autonomous Region (A, C, G) | 179 | ||
| Jiangsu Province (C) | 182 | ||
| Jiangxi Province (C, M) | 182 | ||
| Jilin Province (A, C, G) | 182 | ||
| Liaoning Province (A, C, G) | 183 | ||
| Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (C, G) | 183 | ||
| Qinghai Province (G) | 183 | ||
| Shaanxi Province (C) | 183 | ||
| Shandong Province (A, C, G) | 184 | ||
| Shanxi Province (G) | 184 | ||
| Sichuan Province (G) | 184 | ||
| Taiwan, Province of (A, G) | 185 | ||
| Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (G, M, P) | 185 | ||
| Yunnan Province (C, G, M) | 187 | ||
| Zhejiang Province (G, M) | 188 | ||
| 3.7 GEORGIA (A, M, P) | 188 | ||
| 3.8 INDIA (C, G, M) | 188 | ||
| AS-Soil contamination | 190 | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 190 | ||
| Assam | 191 | ||
| Bihar | 192 | ||
| Madhya Pradesh, Rajnandgaon District | 193 | ||
| Manipur | 193 | ||
| Nagaland | 193 | ||
| Rajasthan | 194 | ||
| Tripura | 194 | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | 195 | ||
| West Bengal | 195 | ||
| 3.9 INDONESIA (G, M) | 197 | ||
| 3.10 IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) (G, M, P) | 198 | ||
| 3.11 IRAQ (A, P) | 201 | ||
| 3.12 JAPAN (A, C, G, M, V) | 202 | ||
| 3.13 JORDAN (G) | 203 | ||
| 3.14 KAZAKHSTAN (A, C, G, M, P) | 203 | ||
| 3.15 KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) (M) | 204 | ||
| 3.16 KYRGYZSTAN (M) | 206 | ||
| 3.17 LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (G) | 206 | ||
| 3.18 MALAYSIA (M) | 207 | ||
| 3.19 MONGOLIA (C, G, M) | 208 | ||
| 3.20 MYANMAR (G) | 209 | ||
| 3.21 NEPAL (G) | 210 | ||
| 3.21 PAKISTAN (G) | 212 | ||
| 3.23 PHILIPPINES (G, M, V) | 215 | ||
| 3.24 RUSSIAN FEDERATION (A, C, M, V) | 217 | ||
| Kamchatskaya Oblast | 218 | ||
| Kurile Islands | 219 | ||
| Tuva Republic | 219 | ||
| Bryanskaya Oblast | 219 | ||
| Republic of Chuvashia | 219 | ||
| Kurganskaya Oblast | 219 | ||
| Novgorodskaya Oblast | 220 | ||
| Penzenskaya Oblast | 220 | ||
| Samarskaya Oblast | 220 | ||
| Saratovskaya Oblast | 220 | ||
| Volgogradskaya Oblast | 220 | ||
| Republic of Udmurtia | 220 | ||
| Republic of Dagestan | 220 | ||
| 3.25 SAUDI ARABIA (G, P) | 220 | ||
| 3.26 SRI LANKA (A, G) | 221 | ||
| 3.27 TAJIKISTAN (C, M) | 222 | ||
| 3.28 THAILAND (A, G, M) | 222 | ||
| Food security and arsenic tainted rice | 224 | ||
| 3.29 TURKEY (C, G, M, V) | 224 | ||
| 3.30 TURKMENISTAN (A) | 225 | ||
| 3.31 UZBEKISTAN (A, G, M) | 226 | ||
| 3.32 VIET NAM (G,M) | 226 | ||
| Red River (Song Hong) and Delta | 228 | ||
| Mekong Delta | 233 | ||
| Section 4 | 235 | ||
| European Region | 235 | ||
| 4.1 ALBANIA (A, G, M, V) | 235 | ||
| 4.2 AUSTRIA (A, G, M, V) | 236 | ||
| 4.3 BELGIUM (A, G, M) | 237 | ||
| 4.4 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (A, G, M, V) | 238 | ||
| 4.5 BULGARIA (A, C, M) | 238 | ||
| 4.6 CROATIA (V) | 239 | ||
| 4.7 CZECH REPUBLIC (A, C, G, M) | 240 | ||
| 4.8 DENMARK (A, C) | 241 | ||
| 4.9 ESTONIA (A, G) | 241 | ||
| 4.10 FINLAND (A, G, M) | 242 | ||
| 4.11 FRANCE (A, G, M, V) | 245 | ||
| 4.12 GERMANY (A, C, G, M) | 246 | ||
| 4.13 GREECE (A, C, G, M) | 247 | ||
| 4.14 HUNGARY (A, G, M, V) | 248 | ||
| 4.15 ICELAND (A, V) | 251 | ||
| 4.16 IRELAND (A, C, M) | 252 | ||
| 4.17 ITALY (A, C, G, M, V) | 252 | ||
| 4.18 LATVIA (A) | 253 | ||
| 4.19 LITHUANIA (A) | 254 | ||
| 4.20 MACEDONIA (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF) (A, G, M, V) | 255 | ||
| 4.21 NETHERLANDS (A, M) | 258 | ||
| 4.22 NORWAY (A, M) | 260 | ||
| 4.23 POLAND (A, C, G, M, V) | 260 | ||
| 4.24 PORTUGAL (A, C, G, M, P, V) | 261 | ||
| 4.25 ROMANIA (A, G, P, V) | 262 | ||
| 4.26 SERBIA (A, G, M, V) | 263 | ||
| 4.27 SLOVAKIA (A, C, G, M, V) | 266 | ||
| 4.28 SLOVENIA (A, V) | 268 | ||
| 4.29 SPAIN (A, C, G, M, V) | 270 | ||
| 4.30 SWEDEN (A, G, M) | 270 | ||
| 4.31 SWITZERLAND (G, M, V) | 273 | ||
| 4.32 UKRAINE (A, C, V) | 281 | ||
| 4.33 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (A, C, G, M, P) | 281 | ||
| Section 5 | 284 | ||
| Region of Australia and Oceania | 284 | ||
| 5.1 AUSTRALIA (A, C, G, M) | 284 | ||
| 5.2 GUAM (A)* | 286 | ||
| 5.3 NEW ZEALAND (A, C, G, M, V) | 287 | ||
| 5.4 PAPUA NEW GUINEA (M) | 289 | ||
| References | 290 |