Issue 10, 2007
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Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Additional danger of arsenic exposure through inhalation from burning of cow dung cakes laced with arsenic as a fuel in arsenic affected villages in Ganga–Meghna–Brahmaputra plain

Arup Pal,a   Bishwajit Nayak,a   Bhaskar Das,a   M. Amir Hossain,ab   Sad Ahameda  and  Dipankar Chakraborti*a  

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a School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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b Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

In arsenic contaminated areas of the Ganga–Meghna–Brahmaputra (GMB) plain (area 569 749 sq. km; population over 500 million) where traditionally cow dung cake is used as a fuel in unventilated ovens for cooking purposes, people are simply exposed to 1859.2 ng arsenic per day through direct inhalation, of which 464.8 ng could be absorbed in respiratory tract.

Graphical abstract: Additional danger of arsenic exposure through inhalation from burning of cow dung cakes laced with arsenic as a fuel in arsenic affected villages in Ganga–Meghna–Brahmaputra plain

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B709339J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jun 2007
Accepted
15 Aug 2007
First published
06 Sep 2007

J. Environ. Monit., 2007,9, 1067-1070

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Additional danger of arsenic exposure through inhalation from burning of cow dung cakes laced with arsenic as a fuel in arsenic affected villages in Ganga–Meghna–Brahmaputra plain

A. Pal, B. Nayak, B. Das, M. A. Hossain, S. Ahamed and D. Chakraborti, J. Environ. Monit., 2007, 9, 1067 DOI: 10.1039/B709339J

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