Title :
Review of High Arsenic Groundwater in China
Author :
Li, Zhiping ; Van Halem, D. ; Verberk, J.Q.J.C.
Author_Institution :
North China Inst. of Water Conservancy & Electr. Power, Zhengzhou, China
Abstract :
High arsenic groundwater and associated health risks caused by drinking high-arsenic groundwater are a great headache in many parts of the world, including China. Occurrence and distribution of high arsenic groundwater in China were firstly stated. High arsenic groundwater mainly exists in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Xinjiang et al, 40 counties of 8 provinces. Furthermore, arsenic mobilization processes in China were discussed by means of analyzing two typical high arsenic groundwater areas: Hetao Plain, in Inner Mongolia and Datong Basin in Shanxi Province. Even if some relevant experiments research have been carried out, changing another safe water source may be more feasible in China if there is some one available.
Keywords :
geochemistry; groundwater; health hazards; water pollution; water resources; China; Datong Basin; Hetao Plain; Inner Mongolia; Shanxi Province; Xinjiang; arsenic groundwater areas; arsenic mobilization processes; health risks; high arsenic groundwater; safe water source; Area measurement; Cancer; Diseases; Educational technology; Pollution measurement; Rivers; Skin; Water conservation; Water pollution; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5517266