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Reducing arsenic in food chain

By Guest PostMay 8, 2013Environmentarsenic, arsenic contamination, arsenic in rice, arsenic uptake, exposure to arsenic, food chain, iron barrier, rice roots, soil bacterium

Soil may harbor answer to reducing arsenic in rice

Harsh Bais and Janine Sherrier of the University of Delaware’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to asUD1023 because it was first characterized at the University, can create an iron barrier in rice roots that reduces arsenic uptake. (more…)

Arsenic, Vitamin A, and blood cancer

By ShamsFebruary 21, 2009Health, Sciencearsenic, arsenicosis, Bangladesh, BGS, blood cancer, British Geological Survey, brown algae, Hijiki, India, leukaemia, Oregon Department of Human Services, point source maps, sea food, secondary cancers, vitamin A, West Bengal, WHO, World Health Organisation

Arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh and West Bengal (India) drinking water is a well-known issue in the last many years. Arsenic is a poisonous metalloid that naturally occurs in soils, and is soluble in water.

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Arsenic in the park and phytoremediation

By ShamsMay 18, 2008EnvironmentAmerican Civil War, arsenic, Chinese brake fern, hyperaccumulator

When the U.S Geological Survey geographer Terry Slonecker was going through aerial photographs, he could easily detect the stress and stunted growth of trees and grass in the park in Washington that led him to conclude its arsenic. He was in fact looking for arsenic in a nearby area used for military activities in World War I. But the park has no history of WWI activities rather it goes back to the American Civil War which occurred between 1861 to 1865. But how it could leave arsenic there?

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Reducing arsenic in food chain

Arsenic, Vitamin A, and blood cancer

Arsenic in the park and phytoremediation