Chronic Arsenic Poisoning:  
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Last Update :   May 6th 2008
2008

Amini Manouchehr, Karim C. Abbaspour, Michael Berg, Lenny Winkel, Stephan J. Hug, Eduard Hoehn, Hong Yang, and C. Annette Johnson,
Statistical Modeling of Global Geogenic Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater,
ASAP Environ. Sci. Technol., ASAP Article, 10.1021/es702859e
Web Release Date: April 16, 2008

Nath, B,
Mobility of arsenic in West Bengal aquifers conducting
low and high groundwater arsenic. Part I: Comparative hydrochemical and hydrogeological characteristics
Applied Geochemistry 23 (2008) 977–995

Nath, B,
 Mobility of arsenic in West Bengal aquifers conducting low and high groundwater arsenic. Part II: Comparative geochemical profile and leaching study
Applied Geochemistry 23 (2008) 996–1011

Nath, B,
 
Hydrochemistry of Arsenic-Enriched Aquifer from Rural West Bengal, India: A Study of the Arsenic Exposure and Mitigation Option
Water Air and Soil Pollution 190 (2008) 95–113

2007

The USEPA (2006) workshop on research and risk assessment for arsenic
May 31st to June 2nd 2006 published (mostly) in a special volume of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology in 2007
 Editorial, The USEPA workshop on research and risk assessment for arsenic

Reeder Sams II, Workshop overview: Arsenic research and risk assessment

Richard K.Kwok et. al, Drinking water arsenic exposure and blood pressure in healthy women of reproductive age in InnerMongolia, China

Chih-HaoWang, A review of the epidemiologic literature on the role of environmental arsenic exposure and cardiovascular diseases

 Samuel M. Cohen, Arsenic-induced bladder cancer in an animal model

A. D. Kligerman, Insights into the carcinogenic mode of action of arsenic

Adam C. Straub, Low level arsenic promotes progressive inflammatory angiogenesis and liver blood vessel remodeling in mice

Kenneth P. Cantor, Arsenic, internal cancers, and issues in inference from studies of low-level exposures in human populations

Catherine B. Klein, Further evidence against a direct genotoxic mode of action for arsenic-induced cancer

Olga L. Valenzuela, Chronic arsenic exposure increases TGF-alpha concentration in bladder urothelial cells of Mexican populations environmentally exposed to inorganic arsenic

Michael  P. Waalkes, Transplacental arsenic carcinogenesis in mice

Fang-I Hsieh, Risk of Erectile Dysfunction Induced by Well Water Consumption in Taiwan
SK Acharyya and BA Shah,
Arsenic-contaminated groundwater from parts of Damodar fan-delta and west of Bhagirathi River, West Bengal, India: influence of fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary morphostratigraphy
Environ Geol, 52, 489-501, 2007.

SK Acharyya, BA Shah, J
Groundwater arsenic contamination affecting different geologic domains in India - a review: influence of geological setting, fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary stratigraphy, 2007,
Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1795-1805.

GCD Adamson, DA Polya,
Critical pathway analysis to determine key uncertainties in net impacts on disease burden in Bangladesh of arsenic mitigation involving the substitution of arsenic bearing for groundwater
drinking water supplies,
2007 J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1909-1917.

SA Ahmad, MHS Sayed, MH Khan, MN Karim, MA Haque, MSA Bhuiyan, MS Rahman, MH Faruquee,
Sociocultural aspects of arsenicosis in Bangladesh: Community perspective,
2007,  J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1945-1958.

D An, D Li, Y Liang, and Z Jing,
Unventilated Indoor Coal-Fired Stoves in Guizhou Province, China: Reduction of Arsenic Exposure through Behavior Changes Resulting from Mitigation and Health Education in Populations with Arsenicosis
Environ Health Perspect, 115, 659-662.

M Argos F Parvez, Y Chen, AZMF Hussain, H Momotaj, GR Howe, JH Graziano, H Ahsan,

Socioeconomic Status and Risk for Arsenic-Related Skin Lesions in Bangladesh 
American Journal of Public Health, March 29th. 2007.

P Atkins, M Hassan, C Dunn,
Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh,

2007,  Geoforum, 38(1), 155-170.

Rikke Baastrup, Mette Sørensen, Thomas Balstrøm, Kirsten Frederiksen, Carsten Langtofte Larsen, Anne Tjønneland,
Kim Overvad and Ole Raaschou-Nielsen

Arsenic in Drinking-Water and Risk for Cancer in Denmark
doi:10.1289/ehp.10623 (available at http://dx.doi.org/)

A Baghel, B Singh, P Pandey, and K Sekhar,

A rapid field detection method for arsenic in drinking water.
Anal Sci,2007; 23(2): 135-7.

B Baumann and JR van der Meer,
Analysis of bioavailable arsenic in rice with whole cell living bioreporter bacteria,
J Ag Food Chem, 55, 2115-2120,
2007.

M Berg, C Stengel, PTK Trang, PH Viet, ML Sampson, M Leng, S Samreth, and D Fredericks,
Magnitude of arsenic pollution in the Mekong and Red River Deltas - Cambodia and Vietnam,
Sci Tot Env, 372, 413-425, 
2007.

Michael Berga, Caroline Stengela, Pham Thi,   Kim Trangb, Pham Hung Vietb, Mickey L. Sampsonc, Moniphea Lengc,
Sopheap Samreth and David Fredericks,
Magnitude of arsenic pollution in the Mekong and Red River Deltas — Cambodia and Vietnam. 2007,
Science of The Total Environment,  372, 413-425

M von Brömssen, M Jakariya, P Bhattacharya, KM Ahmed, MA Hasan, O Sracek, L Jonsson, L Lundell, G Jacks,
Targeting low-arsenic aquifers in Matlab Upazila, Southeastern Bangladesh.
 Sci Tot Env, 379, 121-132, 2007.

KG Brown,
How creditable are cancer risk estimates from the SW Taiwan database for arsenic in drinking water?
Hum Ecol Risk Assessment, 13, 180-190, 2007

Johanna Buschmann, Michael Berg, Caroline Stengel, and Mickey L.Sampson,

Arsenic and Manganese Contamination of Drinking Water Resources in  Cambodia: Coincidence of Risk Areas with Low Relief Topography
Environ. Sci. Technol., 41 (7), 2146 -2152, 2007.

S Chakraborty, M Wolthers, D Chatterjee, L Charlet,
Adsorption of arsenite and arsenate onto muscovite and biotite mica,
J Colloid Interface Sci, 2007,  309, 392-401.

W Chen, R Parette, J Zou, FS Cannon, and BA Dempsey,
Arsenic removal by iron-modified activated carbon,
Water Res, 41, 1851-1858, 2007.

HF Chin, MC Lin and CY Yang,

Primary intracerebral hemorrhage mortality reduction after installation of a tap-water supply system in an arseniasis-endemic area in southwestern Taiwan.
J Toxicol Environ Health Part A-Curr Iss, 70, 539-546,
2007.

EPA resources for chlorination of drinking water.
Last updated on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

A Farooqi, H Masuda, and N Firdous,
Toxic fluoride and arsenic contaminated groundwater in the Lahore and Kasur districts, Punjab, Pakistan and possible contaminant sources,
Environ Poll, 145, 839-849, 2007.

SJS Flora SJS, S Bhadauria, GM Kannan, N Singh,
Arsenic induced oxidative stress and the role of antioxidant supplementation during chelation: A review,
2007, J Environ Biol, 28, 333-347.

ES Forzani, K Foley, P Westerhoff, NJ Tao,
Detection of arsenic in groundwater using a surface plasmon resonance sensor,
Sens Actuators, B-Chemical, 2007, 123, 82-88.

O. Gundiz & C. Simsek,
Mechanisms of arsenic contamination of a surfacial aquifer in Turkey
GQ07: Securing Groundwater quality in urban and industrial environments proceedings of the 6th international water conference held in Fremantle , Western Australia, 2 - 7 December 2007

QH Guo, YX Wang, XB Gao, T Ma,
A new model (DRARCH) for assessing groundwater vulnerability to arsenic contamination at basin scale: a case study in Taiyuan basin, northern China,
Environ Geol 2007, 52, 923-932.

K Gurung, H Ishiga, MS Khadka, NR Shrestha,
The geochemical study of fluvio-lacustrine aquifers in the Kathmandu Basin (Nepal) and the implications for the mobilization of arsenic,
2007, Environ Geol, 52, 503-517.

Jaya K. Gurung, Hiroaki Ishiga,Mohan S. Khadka
Geological and geochemical examination of arsenic contamination in groundwater in the Holocene Terai Basin, Nepal
Environ Geol (2005) 49: 98–113
DOI 10.1007/s00254-005-0063-6

A. Holloway, S Taylor, M Dubikova, A Simpson, S Woodroffe,
Natural attenuation of arsenic by ferric hydroxide in a coastal aquifer,
GQ07: Securing Groundwater quality in urban and industrial environments proceedings of the 6th international water conference held in Fremantle , Western Australia, 2 - 7 December 2007

MD Jakariya and P Bhattacharya,
Use of GIS in local level participatory planning for arsenic mitigation: A case study from Matlab Upazila, Bangladesh,
2007, J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1933-1944.

M Jang, SH Min, JK Park, EJ Tlachac,
Hydrous ferric oxide incorporated diatomite for remediation of arsenic contaminated groundwater,
Environ Sci Technol, 2007, 41, 3322-3328


RB Johnston, MH Sarker, J
Arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: National screening data and case studies in three upazilas,
2007, Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1889-1896.

IA Katsoyiannis, SJ Hug, A Ammann, A Zikoudi, C Hatziliontos,
Arsenic speciation and uraniuconcentrations in drinking water supply wells in Northern Greece: Correlations with redox indicative parameters and implications for groundwater treatment,
 2007,  Sci Tot Env, 383(1-3), 128-140

M Kile, EA Houseman, CV Breton, Q, Quamruzzaman, M,Rahman, G Mahiuddin, DC Christiani,
Association between total ingested arsenic and toenail arsenic concentrations,
2007, J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12),1827-1834.

aya Kumar Gurung, Hiroaki Ishiga, Mohan Singh Khadka, and Nav Raj Shrestha
Characterization of groundwater in the reference of arsenic and nitrate mobilization, Kathmandu Basin, Nepal

Heikens A, Panaullah PM, Meharg AA (2007)
Review of arsenic behaviour from groundwater and soil to crops and potential impacts on agriculture and food safety.
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 189: 43-87

MM Hira-Smith, Y Yuan, X Savarimuthu, J Liaw, A Hira, C Green, T Hore, P Chakraborty, OS von Ehrenstein, and AH Smith
Arsenic concentrations and bacterial contamination in a pilot shallow dugwell program in West Bengal, India.
J Environ Sci Health (A)  Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng, January 1, 2007; 42(1):89-95.

SK Hore, M Rahman, M Yunus, CS Das, S Yeasmin, SKA Ahmad, MHSU Sayed, AM Islam, M Vahter, LA Persson,
Detecting arsenic-related skin lesions: Experiences from a large community-based survey in Bangladesh,
2007,  Int J Environ Health Res, 17(2), 141-149

A Hussam, AKM Munir,
A simple and effective arsenic filter based on composite iron matrix: Development and deployment studies for groundwater of Bangladesh,
2007,  J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1869-1878

M Jakariya, M Vahter, M Rahman, MA Wahed, SK Hore, P Bhattacharya, G Jacks, LA Persson,
Screening of arsenic in tubewell water with field test kits: Evaluation of the method from public health perspective.
Sci Tot Env, 379, 167-175, 2007.

A Kabir, G Howard,
Sustainability of arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: Results of a functionality survey.
Int J Environ Health Res, 17, 207-218.

SR Kanel, D Nepal, B Manning, H Choi,
Transport of surface-modified iron nanoparticle in porous media and application to arsenic(III) remediation,
2007, J Nanoparticle Res, 9(5), 725-735.

MMH Khan, K Aklimunnessa, M Kabir and M Mori,
Determinants of drinking arsenic-contaminated tubewell water in Bangladesh,

 2007, Health Policy and Planning, 22(5), 335-343.

ML Kile, EA Houseman, CV Breton, T Smith, Q Quamruzzaman, M Rahman, G Mahiuddin, DC Christiani,
Dietary arsenic exposure in Bangladesh,
Environ Health Perspect 2007, 115, 889-893.

I Ko, AP Davis, JY Kim, KW Kim
Arsenic Removal by a Colloidal Iron Oxide Coated Sand,
,J Environ Eng, 133(9), 891-898.

T Kruger, H Hollander, P Boochs, m Billib, Stummeyer & B Harazim,
In situ remediation of arsenic at a highly contaminated site in Northern Germany,
GQ07: Securing Groundwater quality in urban and industrial environments proceedings of the 6th international water conference held in Fremantle , Western Australia, 2 - 7 December 2007

Kulp, T.R., S.E. Hoeft, L.G. Miller, C. Saltikov, J. Nilsen, S. Han, B. Lanoil, and R.S. Oremland.
Dissimilatory arsenate- and sulfate-reduction in sediments of two hypersaline, arsenic-rich soda lakes: Mono and Searles Lakes, Calfornia. 

2006. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 6514 - 6526.

Steven H. Lamm,  Zhen Dong Luo, Ge You Zhang, Ye Min Zhang, Richard Wilson, Daniel M. Byrd, Shenghan Lai, Feng Xiao Li, Michael Polkanov, Ying Tong, Lian Loo,  Stephen B. Tucker, and the Inner Mongolia Cooperative Arsenic Project (IMCAP)
An Epidemiologic Study of Arsenic-related Skin Disorders and Skin Cancer and the Consumption of Arsenic-Contaminated Well Waters in Huhhot, Inner Mongolia, China
 Health and Environmental Risk Assessment 2007 Accepted  

M Maharjan, C Watanabe, SA Ahmad, M Umezaki M, R Ohtsuka,
Mutual interaction between nutritional status and chronic arsenic toxicity due to groundwater contamination in an area of Terai, lowland Nepal,
J Epidemiol Comm Health 2007, 61, 389-394.

Guillermo Marshall , Catterina Ferreccio , Yan Yuan , Michael N . Bates , Craig Steinmaus , Steve Selvin ,Jane Liaw , Allan H . Smith 
Fifty-Year Study of Lung and Bladder Cancer Mortality in Chile Related to Arsenic in Drinking Water

J Natl Cancer Inst 2007;99: 920 – 8

DF Martin, LO’Donnell, BB Martin and R Alldredge.
Removal of aqueous arsenic using iron attached to immobilized ligands (IMLIGs),
J Environ Sci Health Part A – Tox/Haz Subst Environ Eng, 42, 97-102, 2007.

M Martin, A Violante, E Barberis,
Fate of arsenite and arsenate in flooded and not flooded soils of southwest Bangladesh irrigated with arsenic contaminated water,
2007, J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1775-1783.

Dr. Genevieve Matanoski, Chair  EPA Science Advisory Board Arsenic Review Panel
Advisory on EPA’s Assessments of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic:
A Report of the US EPA Science Advisory Board, USEPA 2007

Jaymie R Meliker, Robert L Wahl, Lorraine L Cameron, and Jerome O Nriagu

Arsenic in drinking water and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease in Michigan: a standardized mortality ratio analysis.
Environ Health, February 2, 2007; 6(1): 4.

P Mondal, CB Majumder, B Mohanty,
Removal of trivalent arsenic (As(III)) from contaminated water by calcium chloride (CaCl2)-impregnated rice husk carbon.
Ind Eng Chem Res, 46, 2550-255, 2007.

D Mohapatra, D Mishra, GR Chaudhury, RP Das,
Arsenic(V) adsorption mechanism using kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite from aqueous medium.
J Env Sci Health Part A-Tox Hazard Subst Env Eng, 42, 463-469, 2007.

Mukherjee, A., Fryar, A.E., and Howell, P. (2007).
Regional hydrostratigraphy and groundwater flow modeling of the arsenic contaminated aquifers of the western Bengal basin, West Bengal, India
Hydrogeology Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0208-7.

A Mukherjee, AE Fryar, and HD Rowe,

Regional-scale stable isotopic signatures of recharge and deep groundwater in the arsenic affected areas of West Bengal, India
J Hydrol, 334, 151-161, 2007.

Muller D, Médigue C, Koechler S, Barbe V, Barakat M, et al. (2007)
A Tale of Two Oxidation States: Bacterial Colonization of Arsenic-Rich Environments.
PLoS Genet 3(4): e53 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030053

Muller D, Me´digue C, Koechler S, Barbe V, Barakat M, et al. (2007)
A tale of two oxidation states: Bacterial colonization of arsenic-rich environments.
PLoS Genet 3(4):e53.doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030053

JL Mumford, KG Wu, YJ Xia, R Kwok, ZH Yang, J Foster, WE Sanders,
Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Cardiac Repolarization Abnormalities with QT Interval Prolongation in a Population-based Study, 
Environ Health Perspectives, 115, 690-694, 2007.

Murcott, S.E. 2006.
Arsenic Contamination in the World: An International Sourcebook.
 Forth-coming publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) as “country annexes” of the United Nations Synthesis Report on Arsenic in Drinking Water.  WHO: Geneva

R Nickson, C Sengupta, P Mitra, SN Dave, AK Banerjee, A Bhattacharya, S Basu, N Kakoti, NS Moorthy, M Wasuja, M Kumar, DS Mishra, A Ghosh, DP Vaish, AK Srivastava, RM Tripathi, SN Singh, R Prasad, S Bhattacharya, P Deverill,
Current knowledge on the distribution of arsenic in groundwater in five states of India,
2007,  J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1707-1718.

ZX Ning, DT Lobdell, RK Kwok, ZY Liu, SY Zhang, CL Ma, M Riediker, JL Mumford,
Residential exposure to drinking water arsenic in Inner Mongolia, China,
2007,  Toxicol Applied Pharmacol, 222(3), 351-356.

K Ohno, T Yanase, Y Matsuo, T Kimura, MH Rahman, Y Magara, Y Matsui,
Arsenic intake via water and food by a population living in an arsenic-affected area of Bangladesh,
2007,  Sci Tot Env, 381(1-3), 68-76.

A Opar, A Pfaff, AA Seddidue, KM Ahmed, JH Graziano, and A van Geen,
Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh,
Health and Place, 13, 164-172,  2007.

 S Oshikawa, A Geater, V Chongsuvivatwong, D Chakraborti, J
Arsenic contamination of Ronphibun residents associated with uses of arsenic-contaminated shallow-well water other than drinking,
2007,Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1753-1761.

Arup Pal, Bishwajit Nayak, Bhaskar Das, M. Amir Hossain, Sad Ahameda and Dipankar Chakraborti*
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
Journal of Environmental Monitoring  (2007)  DOI: 10.1039/b709339j

KA Radloff, Z Cheng, MW Rahman, KM Ahmed, BJ Mailloux, AR Juhl, P Schlosser, A Van Geen,
Mobilization of arsenic during one-year incubations of grey aquifer sands from Araihazar, Bangladesh,
Environ Sci Technol, 41, 2007, 3639-45.

Dr. Mahmuder Rahman, Dr. Quazi Quamruzzaman, Md. Golam Mostofa, Mr. Altab Elahi, Mr. Golam Mahiuddin, Mr. Jabed Yousuf, Mr. Ariful Islam
Grounwate Arsenic Calamity and Dhaka Community Hospital's Experience with Mitigation Programs
Dhaka Community Hospital, 190/1 Bara Moghbazar, Dhaka  - 1217, Bangladesh E-mail: dch@bangla.net
Invited paper for Environmental Safety and Health but not published

AH Milton, W Smith, K Dear, J Ng, M Sim, G Ranmuthugala, K Lokuge, B Caldwell, A Rahman, H Rahman, A Shraim, D Huang, SM Shahidullah,
A Randomised intervention trial to assess two arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh,
2007, J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1897-1908.

TKK Ngai, RR Shrestha, B Dangol, M Maharjan, SE Murcott,
Design for sustainable development - Household drinking water filter for arsenic and pathogen treatment in Nepal,
2007,  J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1879-1888.

A Rahman, M Vahter, EC Ekström, M Rahman, AHMG Mustafa, MA Wahed, M Yunus and LA Persson,

Association of arsenic exposure during pregnancy with fetal loss and infant death: a cohort study in Bangladesh.
American Journal of Epidemiology, Advance Access, published online on  March 10, 2007

A. Razzak, K Jinno, M A Halim, K Oda, Y Hiroshiro,
Numerical modelling of arsenic release in groundwater under a reducing environment,
GQ07: Securing Groundwater quality in urban and industrial environments proceedings of the 6th international water conference held in Fremantle , Western Australia, 2 - 7 December 2007

Saha K.C 
Commentary
NOT published in Arsenic Special Issue,  Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Part A,  (2007)

GC Saha, MA Ali,
Dynamics of arsenic in agricultural soils irrigated with arsenic contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh,
Sci Tot Env, 379, 180-189, 2007.

SR Samadder, C Subbarao
GIS approach ossment of areas affected by arsenic pollution in drinking water,f delineation and risk asse ment

2007,, J Environ Engrg-ASCE, 133(7), 742-749.

N Shibasaki, PF Lei, A Kamata,
Evaluation of deep groundwater development for arsenic mitigation in western Bangladesh,
2007, J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1919-1932.

Y Shinkai, DVan Truc, D Sumi, D Canh, Y Kumagai,
Arsenic and other metal contamination of groundwater in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam,
2007,  J Health Sci, 53(3), 344-346.

PL Smedley, J Knudsen, D Maiga
,Arsenic in groundwater from mineralised Proterozoic basement rocks of Burkina Faso,
 2007,  Applied Geochem, 22(5), 1074-1092

KG Stollenwerk, GN Breit, AH Welch, JC Yount, JW Whitney, AL Foster, MN Uddin, RK Majumder, N Ahmed,
Arsenic attenuation by oxidized aquifer sediments in Bangladesh,
Sci Tot Env, 379, 133-150, 2007.

G Sun, Y Xu, X Li, Y Jin,B Li, and X Sun,
Urinary Arsenic Metabolites in Children and Adults Exposed to Arsenic in Drinking Water in Inner Mongolia, China
Environ Health Perspect, 115, 648-652.


G Sun, Y Xu, X Li, Y Jin,B Li, and X Sun,
Urinary Arsenic Metabolites in Children and Adults Exposed to Arsenic in Drinking Water in Inner Mongolia, China
Environ Health Perspect, 115, 648-652.


S.  Tsushima
A Winter of Fear

NOT published in Arsenic Special Issue,  Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Part A,  (2007)f

Ul-Haque, M. Baig, D. Nabi, W. Hayat,
Groundwater arsenic contamination -- a multidirectional emerging threat to water scarce areas of Pakistan,
GQ07: Securing Groundwater quality in urban and industrial environments proceedings of the 6th international water conference held in Fremantle , Western Australia, 2 - 7 December 2007


RR Walvekar, SV Kane, MS Nadkarni, IN Bagwan, DA Chaukar, and AK D'Cruz
Chronic arsenic poisoning: a global health issue - a report of multiple primary cancers.

J Cutan Pathol, February 1, 2007;34(2): 203-6.

S Wang, Z Wang, X Cheng,J Li, Z Sang, X Zhang,L Han, X Qiao, Z Wu, and Z Wang,
Arsenic and Fluoride Exposure in Drinking Water: Children's IQ and Growth in Shanyin County, Shanxi Province, China
2007, Environ Health Perspect, 115, 643-647.

GA Wasserman, X Liu, F Parvez, H Ahsan, P Factor-Litvak, J Kline, A van Geen, V Slavkovich, NJ
Loiacono, D Levy, Z Cheng, and JH Graziano,
Water arsenic exposure and intellectual function in 6-year-old children in Araihazar, Bangladesh.
Environ Health Perspect, February 1, 2007; 115(2): 285-9.

Richard Wilson
The Bangaldesh Arsenic Catastrophe:  One view from Overseas
NOT published in Arsenic Special Issue,  Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Part A,  (2007)

SJ Xia, BZ Don, ZL Zhang, B Xu, NY Gao, and C Causseranda,

Study of arsenic removal by nanofiltration and its application in China,
Desalination, 204, 374-379, 2007.

Jabed Yousuf, Golam Mostofa, Altab Elahi, Ariful Islam, Sakila Afroz Joya ,Golam Mahiuddin, Mahmuder Rahman, and Quazi Quamruzzaman

Two-months study of Dugwell water
Dhaka Community Hospital Report February 2007

Jabed Yousuf and Yousuf Mostafa
Chlorination of Surface Waters in Bangladesh (draft for Science)
Dhaka Community Hospital

 G Yu, D Sun, and Y Zheng,

Health Effects of Exposure to Natural Arsenic in Groundwater and Coal in China: An Overview of Occurrence 
2007, Environ Health Perspect, 115, 636-642.

H Zhang and HM Selim,
Colloid Mobilization and Arsenite Transport in Soil Columns: Effect of Ionic Strength,
2007, J Environ Qual, 36, 1273-1280.

A Zhang, H Feng, G Yang, X Pan, X Jiang, X Huang, X Dong, D Yang, Y Xie, L Peng, L Jun, C Hu,1 L Jian, and X Wang,
Unventilated Indoor Coal-Fired Stoves in Guizhou Province, China: Cellular and Genetic Damage in Villagers Exposed to Arsenic in Food and Air
Environ Health Perspect, 115, 653-658.


2006
MF Ahmed, G.Howard, D. Deere S.G Mahmud, and SKJ Shamsuddin.  
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Arsenic and Microbiololical Contamination in Drinking Water. 
Arsenic Policy Support Unit (APSU) (defunct) (only a scanned pdf file available.   We would welcome an electronuic copy)

Sad Ahamed, Mrinal Kumar Sengupta, Subhas Chandra Mukherjee, Shyamapada Pati, Amitava Mukherjee, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, M. Amir Hossain, Bhaskar Das, Bishwajit Nayak, Arup Pal, Abu Zafar, Saiful Kabir, Selina Akhter Banu, Salim Morshed, Tanzima Islam, M. Mahmuder Rahman, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Dipankar Chakraborti .

An eight-year study report on Arsenic contamination in groundwater and health effects in Eruani village, Bangladesh and an approach for its mitigation
School of Environmental studies, Jadavapur University, Dept of Neurology, Medicasl college, Kolkatta, Dept. of Obtretics and Gynecology, IPGME, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata & DCH, Wireless Railgate, Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh. Released, June 2006

J Ahmad, B Goldar, and S Misra,
Rural communities' preferences for arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh. 
J Water Health, December 1, 2006; 4(4): 463-77.

Ahmed, M.F., Ahuja, S., Alauddin, M., Hug, S.J., Lloyd, J.R., Pfaff, A., Pichler, T., Saltikov, C., Stute, M., van Geen, A. 2006.
Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in Bangladesh.
Science. Vol. 314. December 15, 2006.

Sk. Akhtar Ahmad, Fatema Khatun, M.H. Salim Ullah Sayed, Manzurul Haque Khan, Md. Rashed Aziz, Mohammed Zakir Hossain, M.H. Faruquee
Electrocardiographic Abnormalities among Arsenic-exposed Persons through Groundwater in Bangladesh 
J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2006 Jun;24(2):[ P. 221 - 227 ]

An D, Li D, Liang Y, Jing Z. 2006.

Behavior Changes and Reduced Arsenic Exposure after Mitigation and Health Education in Endemic Arsenicosis Regions Caused by Indoor Unventilated Coal-firing Stove Usage in Guizhou, P.R. China.
Environ Health Perspect submitted

Sonia N. Aziz, Kevin J. Boyle, Mahfuzar Rahman
Knowledge of Arsenic in Drinking-water: Risks and Avoidance in Matlab, Bangladesh
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. Vol. 24 No. 3 Sep 2006, P. 327 - 335


Bai G Liu X, Fan Z, Li X. 2006.
 The epidemiological research on coal-burning type arsenicosis in Shannxi province [in Chinese with English abstract].
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 25:57-60. 2006

P Belon, P Banerjee, SC Choudhury, A Banerjee, SJ Biswas, SR Karmakar, S Pathak, B Guha, S Chatterjee, N Bhattacharjee, JK Das, and AR Khuda-Bukhsh.
Can Administration of Potentized Homeopathic Remedy, Arsenicum Album, Alter Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Titer in People Living in High-Risk Arsenic Contaminated Areas?
 A Correlation with Certain Hematological Parameters,eCAM Advance Access published online on January 23, 2006.

Berg M, Luzi S, Trang PTK, Viet PH, Giger W, Stuben D,
Arsenic removal from groundwater by household sand filters: Comparative field study, model calculations, and health benefits
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ABUL HASNAT MILTON,ZIAUL HASAN,S.M.SHAHIDULLAH,SINTHIA SHARMIN,M.D.JAKARIYA,MAHFUZAR RAHMAN,KEITHDEAR and WAYNE SMITH
Association between nutritional status and arsenicosis due to chronic arsenic exposure in Bangladesh

Aguilar,J., C Dorronsoro, E Fernandez, J Fernandez, I Garcia, F Martin, and M Simon,  
Soil pollution by a pyrite mine spill in Spain:  evolution in time.,
Environ Pollut, December 1, 2004; 132(3): 395-401.Abstract

P Aguirre-Banuelos, C Escudero- Lourdes, L Carrizales, F Diaz-Barriga, and J Perez-Urizar 
 Effect of acute exposure to arsenic on formalin-induced nociception andtramadol-mediated antinociception in mice. 
Proc West Pharmacol Soc, January 1, 2004; 47: 113-6.

Alejo Pe´rez-Carrera and Alicia Ferna´ndez-Cirelli
Arsenic concentration in water and bovine milk in Cordoba, Argentina. Preliminary results

Alkorta, I., J Hernandez-Allica, and C Garbisu.
Plants against the global epidemic of arsenic poisoning. 
 Environ Int, September 1, 2004; 30(7): 949-51.

Akai,  J., Kaoru Izumi, Haruo Fukuhara, Harue Masuda, Satoshi Nakano,  Takahisa Yoshimura, Hiroaki Ohfuji, Hossain Md Anawar and Kurumi Akai.
Mineralogical and geomicrobiological investigations on groundwater arsenic enrichment in Bangladesh. 
Applied  Geochemistry, 19(2), 163-260, February 2004, 215-230.

An, Y., Z Gao, Z Wang, S Yang, J Liang, Y Feng, K Kato, M Nakano, S Okada, and K Yamanaka, 
Immunohistochemical analysis of oxidative DNA damage in arsenic-related human skin samples from arsenic-contaminated area of China.  Cancer Lett

Appleyard et al
Acidification of water ..  in Perth  
Australian Journal of Soil Research 2004  42:579-585

 ATSDR
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine:  Arsenic Toxicity
A PDF version of the full case study

Basu, A., P. Ghosh, J. K. Das, A. Banerjee, K. Ray, and A. K. Giri. 
Micronuclei as Biomarkers of Carcinogen Exposure in Populations Exposed to Arsenic Through Drinking Water in  West Bengal, India: A Comparative Study in Three Cell Types
Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2004 13:820-827

Bates MN, Rey OA, Biggs ML, et al. (2004) Case-control study of bladder cancer and
exposure to arsenic in Argentina. Am.J.Epidemio1. 2004; 159: 381-9.

Baylin, S.B. and Herman, J.G. DNA hypermethylation in tumorigenesis: epigenetics
joins genetics.
Trends Genet. 16:168-174,2000.

Berg, M., H. C. Tran, T. C. Nguyen, H. V. Pham, R. Schertenleib, and W. Giger
Arsenic Contamination of Ground and Drinking Water in Vietnam: A Human Health Threat
Environ. Sci Technol. 2001, 35, p. 2621-2626

Bhattacharjee, H., Carbrey, J., Rosen, B.P. and Mukhopadhyay, R.,
 Drug uptake and modulation of drug sensitivity in leukemia by AQP9.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 322, 836-841(2004)

Bhattacharya, P., A. H. Welch, K. M. Ahmed, G. Jacks and R. Naidu  (Eds.)
Arsenic in Groundwater of Sedimentary Aquifers. 
Applied Geochemistry, 19(2), 163-260, February 2004.The table of contents, with links to abstracts and full text,

Blute NK, Brabander DJ, Hemond HF, Sutton SR, Newville MG, Rivers ML. 
Arsenic sequestration by ferric iron plaque on cattail roots. 
 Environ Sci Technol. 2004 Nov 15;38(22):6074-7

Bodwell, JE, Kigsley, LA, and Hamilton, JW
Arsenic at very low concentrations alters glucocorticoid recepter (GR)-mediated gene activation but not GRmediated
gene repression: complex dose-response effects are closely correlated with levels of activated GR and require a functional GR DNA binding domain.
Chem. Res. Toxicol. 17: 1064- 1076, 2004.

Boffetta, P.,
Epidemiology of environmental and occupational cancer
Oncogene, August 23, 2004; 23(38): 6392-403. Abstract

M Bunderson, DM Brooks, DL Walker, ME Rosenfeld, JD Coffin, and HD Beall.
Arsenic exposure exacerbates atherosclerotic plaque formation and increases nitrotyrosine and leukotriene biosynthesis.  
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2004; 201: 32-39.

Bundschuh, J.,  B. Farias, R. Martin, A. Storniolo, P. Bhattacharya, J.  Cortes, G. Bonorino and R. Albouy.
 Groundwater arsenic in the Chaco-Pampean Plain, Argentina: case  study from Robles county, Santiago del Estero Province. 
Applied  Geochemistry, 19(2), 163-260, February 2004, 231-243.

Burns, F.j., Uddin, A.N.k, Wu, F., Nadas, A. and Rossman, T.G.
Arsenic induced enhancement of W R carcinogenesis in mouse skin: a dose-response.
Environ.Health Perspect. 112:599-603.

D. Canovas, R. Vooijs, H. Schat, and V. de Lorenzo.
The Role of Thiol Species in the Hypertolerance of Aspergillus sp. P37 to Arsenic.   
J. Biol.Chem.2004,279:51234-51240.
 
Cao X., and LQ Ma, 
Effects of compost and phosphate on plant arsenic accumulation from soils near pressure-treated wood.
Environ Pollut, December 1, 2004; 132(3): 435-42.  Abstract

Chakraborti, D., MK Sengupta, MM Rahman, S Ahamed, UK Chowdhury, MA Hossain, SC Mukherjee, S Pati, KC Saha, RN Dutta, and Q Quamruzzaman. 
Groundwater arsenic contamination and its health effects in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain. 
J Environ Monit, June 1, 2004; 6(6): 74N-83N.

Chen , S. F. Li , J.Liu , J., B. A. Diwan , C. Barrett , and M. P. Waalkes   
Chronic inorganic arsenic exposure induces hepatic global and individual gene hypomethylation: implications for arsenic hepatocarcinogenesis   
Carcinogenesis 2004 25(9):1779-1786

Chen CL, Hsu LI, Chiou HY, et al.
Ingested arsenic, cigarette smoking, and lung cancer risk: a follow-up study in arseniasis-endemic areas in Taiwan.
JAMA 2004;292: 2984-90.

Chien, C-W, Chiang, M-C, Ho, I-C, and Lee, T-C 2004
Association of chromosomeal alterations with arsenite-induced tumorigenicity of human HaCaT keratinocytes in nude mice.
Environ. Health Perspect. 1 12: 1704-1710.

Chen, H., Li, S., Liu, J., Diwan, B.A, Bmett, J.C., Waalkes, M.P. Chronic inorganic
arsenic exposure induces hepatic global and individual gene hypomethylation;
Implications for arsenic hepatocarcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis 25:1779-1786,
2004.

Chen, Y-C., L. Xu, H.-J. J.Su, Y.-L. L. Guo, T. J. Smith, L. M. Ryan, M.-S. Lee, and D. C. Christiani,
Polymorphisms in GSTT1 and p53 and Urinary Transitional Cell Carcinoma in Southwestern Taiwan (Submitted)

Chen, Y., and H. Ahsan,  
Cancer Burden From Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh 
American Journal of Public Health 94(5), 741-744. May 2004

Cheng Z., Van Geen, A, Chuangyong, J., Meng, X., Siddique A., Ahmed K.M. and Ahmed K.M. 
Performance of a household-Level Arsenic removal System during 4 months Deployment in Bangladesh 
Environ. Sci. Tech. 38:3442-3448 (2004)
Comment by Mukherjee et al. and response

Chien, C-W, et al. 2004.
Association of chromosomal alterations with arsenite-induced tumorigenicity of human HaCaT keratinocytes in nude mice.
Environ. Hlth. Perspect. 112(17)1704-1710.

Chiu HF, Ho SC, Yang CY.
Lung cancer mortality reduction after installation of tap-water supply system in an arseniasis-endemic area in Southwestern Taiwan.  
Lung Cancer. 2004 Dec;46(3):265-70.

Chowdhury AM.  
UN Millennium Project's Task Force on Child and Maternal Health.  Arsenic in Bangladesh 
Sci Am. 2004 Aug;291(2):86-91:
 Comment by Amitava Mukherjee and Dipankar Chakraborti

Dambies.L.
Existing and Prospective Sorption Technologies for the Removal of Arsenic in Water.
Separation Science and Technology, 2004, vol 39, No.3, pp.603-627 , http://www.arsenic.fr.fm

Dambies, L., R Salinaro and S. Alexandratos,
Immobilized N-Methyl-D-glucamine as an Arsenate-Selective Resin
Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 6139-6146

Daus, B., R Wennrich, and H Weiss.  
Sorption materials for arsenic removal from water:; a comparative study.  
 Water Res, July 1, 2004; 38 (12): 2948-54.

Dermatas, D., DH Moon, N Menounou, X Meng, and R Hires. 
An evaluation of arsenic release from monolithic solids using a modified semi-dynamic leaching test.  
 J Hazard Mater. 2004; 116: 25-38  
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R.K. Dhar, Y. Zheng , J. Rubenstone, and A. van Geen
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