Assessment of Arsenic in Groundwater of Southwestern Haryana, India and Chemical Body Burden Caused by its Ingestion

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  • Poonam Yadav
     Centre for Radio-ecology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar - 125 001
  • V. K. Garg
     Centre for Radio-ecology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar - 125 001
  • Balvinder Singh
     Centre for Radio-ecology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar - 125 001
  • Suman Mor
     Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160 014

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1591-0

Abstract

This study was undertaken to quantify the naturally occurring arsenic in the groundwater and chemical body burden caused by its ingestion at some villages of Fatehabad district, Haryana, India. The arsenic levels in groundwater were quantified by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS). Arsenic concentration in the groundwater was found to be in the range of <0.05 to 4.53 μg L-1 which is within WHO and BIS acceptable limits (10 μg L-1). The significant positive correlation between pH – As (r=0.38**; P<0.01) showed that arsenic is more soluble in water at higher pH values. Oral arsenic exposure via groundwater ingestion ranged from <0.003 to 0.31 μg kg-1 day-1 which is significantly lower than WHO and BIS acceptable level (0.68 μg kg-1 day-1). The calculated non-cancer health risk was <1.0 which indicated that chemical burden caused by arsenic through drinking water in the study area is not a cause of concern. The calculated carcinogenic health risk was in the range of <5.06E-06 - 4.59E-04 which is slightly higher than acceptable limits.

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Volume 96, Issue 5, November 2020

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2020-11-01

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Yadav, P., Garg, V. K., Singh, B., & Mor, S. (2020). Assessment of Arsenic in Groundwater of Southwestern Haryana, India and Chemical Body Burden Caused by its Ingestion. Journal of Geological Society of India, 96(5), 521–525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1591-0
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