Ashok Ghosh

Irrigation dominated areas and the risk of gall bladder cancer in Bihar

This study found that increase in well and canal irrigated areas was associated with a rise in the gall bladder cancer cases in Bihar due to presence of cancer causing contaminants in irrigation water.

Maiko Sakamoto

Arun Kumar

Deokrishna Kumar Choudhary

Akhouri Bishwapriya

Posted on 19 May, 2024 03:13 AM

Rising gall bladder cancer in India

Groundwater irrigation and the risk of gall bladder cancer in Bihar. Image used for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal

Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar

Need to remove arsenic from the food chain and not just drinking water in endemic areas

Debapriya Mondal

Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman

Shatrunjay Kumar Singh

David A Polya

Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 08:01 AM

Extensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.

Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bihar and mitigation strategies - A research study

This presentation deals with the problem of arsenic contaminated aquifers in the Gangetic belt of Bihar and the failure of the state government in tackling the crisis.

Department of Environment and Water Management (A N College)

Posted on 12 May, 2010 11:24 PM

Arsenic contamination of groundwater of Bihar and mitigation strategies - Map 2009 This presentation deals with the problem of arsenic contaminated aquifers in the Gangetic belt of Bihar and the failure of the state government in tackling the crisis and calls for the establishment of a centralized knowledge & research hub with an understanding of the regional peculiarities to mitigate the crisis.

It traces the origin of arsenic crisis to the switch from use of surface water to groundwater. The health impacts of arsenic poisoning and the factors that aggravate arsenicosis are explained. A total of sixteen districts (fifty-seven blocks) in Bihar are affected by high levels of arsenic in groundwater, in trivalent form, which is a more toxic form of arsenic.

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