Health effect and risk assessment of the populations exposed to different arsenic levels in drinking water and foodstuffs from four villages in arsenic endemic Gaighata block, West Bengal, India.

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 8903118 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-2983 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02694042 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Environ Geochem Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 1999- : Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers
Original Publication: Kew, Surrey : Science and Technology Letters, 1985-

Drinking Water*/analysis; Arsenic/analysis ; Arsenic/toxicity ; Environmental Exposure/analysis ; Humans ; India/epidemiology ; Risk Assessment ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity

Health exposure and perception of risk assessment have been evaluated on the populations exposed to different arsenic levels in drinking water (615, 301, 48, 20 µg/l), rice grain (792, 487, 588, 569 µg/kg) and vegetables (283, 187, 238, 300 µg/kg) from four villages in arsenic endemic Gaighata block, West Bengal. Dietary arsenic intake rates for the studied populations from extremely highly, highly, moderately, and mild arsenic-exposed areas were 56.03, 28.73, 11.30, and 9.13 μg/kg bw/day, respectively. Acute and chronic effects of arsenic toxicity were observed in ascending order from mild to extremely highly exposed populations. Statistical interpretation using 'ANOVA' proves a significant relationship between drinking water and biomarkers, whereas "two-tailed paired t test" justifies that the consumption of arsenic-contaminated dietary intakes is the considerable pathway of health risk exposure. According to the risk thermometer (SAMOE), drinking water belongs to risk class 5 (extremely highly and highly exposed area) and 4 (moderately and mild exposed area) category, whereas rice grain and vegetables belong to risk class 5 and 4, respectively, for all the differently exposed populations. The carcinogenic (ILCR) and non-carcinogenic risks (HQ) through dietary intakes for adults were much higher than the recommended threshold level, compared to the children. Supplementation of arsenic-safe drinking water and nutritional food is strictly recommended to overcome the severe arsenic crisis.
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research project grant Memo No. 262(Sanc.)/ST/P/S&T/1G-64/2017, dated 25/3/2018 Department of Science and Technology, Government of West Bengal (IN); research project grant Memo No. 262(Sanc.)/ST/P/S&T/1G-64/2017, dated 25/3/2018 Department of Science and Technology, Government of West Bengal; Inter University Research Project, RUSA (R-11/1092/19, dated 06/08/2019) Jadavpur University

Keywords: Acute and chronic toxicity; Arsenical body burden; Dietary intakes of arsenic; Differently exposed populations; Health risk assessment; Risk thermometer

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Date Created: 20210125 Date Completed: 20211013 Latest Revision: 20211013

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