@article{1434033,
      recid = {1434033},
      author = {Kumar, Nitish,},
      title = {Arsenic toxicity : challenges and solutions /},
      pages = {1 online resource (411 pages)},
      abstract = {Arsenic (As) is a widely distributed element in the  environment having no known useful physiological function  in plants or animals. Historically, this metalloid has been  known to be used widely as a poison. Effects of arsenic  have come to light in the past few decades due to its  increasing contamination in several parts of world, with  the worst situation being in Bangladesh and West Bengal in  India. This edited volume brings together diverse group of  environmental science, sustainability and health  researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass  poisoning caused by arsenic water contamination. The book  covers sources of arsenic contamination, and its impact on  human health and on prospective remediation both by  bioremediation and phytoremediation. Applications of  advance techniques such as genetic engineering and  nanotechnology are also discussed to resolve the issue of  arsenic contamination in ground water and river basins. The  book sheds light on this global environmental issue, and  proposes solutions to remove contamination through a  multi-disciplinary lens and case studies from Bangladesh  and India. The book may serve as a reference to environment  and sustainability researchers, students and policy makers.  It delivers an outline to graduate, undergraduate students  and researchers, as well as academicians who are working on  arsenic toxicity with respect to remediation and health  issues.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434033},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6068-6},
}