Understanding the geological and medical interface of arsenic, As 2012 : 4th International Congress Arsenic in the Environment, Sebel Cairns International Hotel, Cairns, Australia, 22-27 July 2012

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The University of Southern Queensland, (NCEA), Toowoomba, Australia
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Understanding the Geological and
Medical Interface of Arsenic
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Jack C. Ng
The University of Queensland, Entox (National Research Centre for Environmental
Toxicology), Brisbane, Australia
Barry N. Noller
The University of Queensland, CMLR (Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation),
Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Ravi Naidu
CRC-CARE (Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and
Remediation of the Environment), Australia & CERAR (Centre for Environmental
Risk Assessment and Remediation), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Jochen Bundschuh
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying & National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture
The University of Southern Queensland, (NCEA), Toowoomba, Australia
Prosun Bhattacharya
KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of
Land and Water Resources Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden
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About the book series
Although arsenic has been known as a ‘silent toxin’ since ancient times, and the contamination of drink-
ing water resources by geogenic arsenic was described in different locations around the world long ago—
e.g. in Argentina in 1917—it was only two decades ago that it received overwhelming worldwide public
attention. As a consequence of the biggest arsenic calamity in the world, which was detected more than
twenty years back in West Bengal, India and other parts of Southeast Asia, there has been an exponen-
tial rise in scientific interest that has triggered high quality research. Since then, arsenic contamination
(predominantly of geogenic origin) of drinking water resources, soils, plants and air, the propagation of
arsenic in the food chain, the chronic affects of arsenic ingestion by humans, and their toxicological and
related public health consequences, have been described in many parts of the world, and every year, even
more new countries or regions are discovered to have arsenic problems.
Arsenic is found as a drinking water contaminant, in many regions all around the world, in both devel-
oping as well as industrialized countries. However, addressing the problem requires different approaches
which take into account, the differential economic and social conditions in both country groups. It has
been estimated that 200 million people worldwide are at risk from drinking water containing high concen-
trations of As, a number which is expected to further increase due to the recent lowering of the limits of
arsenic concentration in drinking water to 10 μg/L, which has already been adopted by many countries,
and some authorities are even considering decreasing this value further.
The book series Arsenic in the Environment – Proceedings provides together with the book series Arsenic
in the Environment an inter- and multidisciplinary source of information, making an effort to link the
occurrence of geogenic arsenic in different environments and the potential contamination of ground- and
surface water, soil and air and their effect on the human society. The series fulfills the growing interest
in the worldwide arsenic issue, which is being accompanied by stronger regulations on the permissible
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) of arsenic in drinking water and food, which are being adopted
not only by the industrialized countries, but increasingly by developing countries.
Consequently, we see the book series Arsenic in the Environment – Proceedings with the outcomes of the
international congress series Arsenic in the Environment, which we organize biannually in different parts
of the world, as a regular update on the latest developments of arsenic research. It is further a platform
to present the results from other international or regional congresses or other scientific events. This Pro-
ceedings series acts as an ideal complement to the books of the series Arsenic in the Environment, which
includes authored or edited books from world-leading scientists on their specific field of arsenic research,
giving a comprehensive information base. Supported by a strong multi-disciplinary editorial board, book
proposals and manuscripts are peer reviewed and evaluated. Both of the two series will be open for any
person, scientific association, society or scientific network, for the submission of new book projects.
We have an ambition to establish an international, multi- and interdisciplinary source of knowledge
and a platform for arsenic research oriented to the direct solution of problems with considerable social
impact and relevance rather than simply focusing on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical,
chemical, toxicological and medical sciences. It shall form a consolidated source of information on the
worldwide occurrences of arsenic, which otherwise is dispersed and often hard to access. It will also have
a role in increasing the awareness and knowledge of the arsenic problem among administrators, policy
makers and company executives and improving international and bilateral cooperation on arsenic con-
tamination and its effects.
Both of the book series cover all fields of research concerning arsenic in the environment and aims to
present an integrated approach from its occurrence in rocks and mobilization into the ground- and sur-
face water, soil and air, its transport therein, and the pathways of arsenic introduction into the food chain
including uptake by humans. Human arsenic exposure, arsenic bioavailability, metabolism and toxicology
are treated together with related public health effects and risk assessments in order to better manage the
contaminated land and aquatic environments and to reduce human arsenic exposure. Arsenic removal
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technologies and other methodologies to mitigate the arsenic problem are addressed not only from the
technological perspective, but also from an economic and social point of view. Only such inter- and multi-
disciplinary approaches will allow a case-specific selection of optimal mitigation measures for each spe-
cific arsenic problem and provide the local population with arsenic-safe drinking water, food, and air.
Jochen Bundschuh
Prosun Bhattacharya
(Series Editors)
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Table of contents
About the book series v
Foreword (President, KTH) xxi
Foreword (Vice-Chancellor and President, USQ) xxiii
Foreword (Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor UQ) xxv
Organizers xxvii
Scientific committee xxix
Editors’ foreword xxxi
List of contributors xxxiii
Plenary presentations
Bioavailability and bio-accessibility of arsenic for ecological and human health risk assessment:
The geological and health interface 3
R. Naidu
Health hazards and susceptibility biomarkers of arsenic in the environment:
Gene-environment interactions 11
C.-J. Chen
Arsenic in the geosphere meets the anthroposphere 15
D.K. Nordstrom
Section I: Geology and hydrogeology of arsenic
I.1 Geogenic and anthropogenic sources of arsenic: Significance and characterisation
Arsenic mobilization during seawater inundation of acid sulfate soils—hydrogeochemical
coupling at the tidal fringe 23
S.G. Johnston, E.D. Burton, A.F. Keene, R.T. Bush & L.A. Sullivan
Seasonal hydrological connectivity and arsenic dynamics across an acid sulfate
soil affected coastal wetland 25
B. Nath, C.E. Oldham, L.C. Ellis, D.D. Boland & A.M. Lillicrap
Arsenic concentrations and speciation in acid sulfate environments 27
J.L. Stroud & R.N. Collins
The impact of microbial sulfate-reduction on subsurface arsenic mobility 29
E.D. Burton & S.G. Johnston
Natural arsenic in groundwater of Indus delta in the province of Sindh, Pakistan 31
V. Husain, S. Naseem, A. Khan, P. Bhattacharya & G.M. Arain
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Sediment and hydrogeochemical contrasts between low and very high arsenic
affected areas west and east of river Bhagirathi, West Bengal, India 33
S. Datta, M.S. Sankar, C. Hobson, A. Neal, K. Johannesson, T.J. Mohajerin, K. Telfeyan & N. Yang
Evolution of arsenic and groundwater isotopes along a sharp gradient in arsenic
concentrations in Van Phuc, Vietnam 36
R. Kipfer, C. Stengel, M. Berg, B.C. Bostick, A. van Geen, M.O. Stahl, P. Oates,
C.F. Harvey, V.T.M. Lan, N.-N. Mai, P.T.K. Trang & P.H. Viet
Arsenic and other heavy metal contamination in central India 38
K.S. Patel, B. Ambade, N.K. Jaiswal, R. Sharma, R.K. Patel, B. Blazhev,
M. Lautent & P. Bhattacharya
Regional soil arsenic inputs and loading rates from animal manure 40
Y.X. Li, X.L. Zhang, F.S. Zhang & Z.L. Zhao
Arsenic pollution of the Ganga Plain and its impact on the most populated region
of the world: Uttar Pradesh and its geo-environment 43
V. Rai
Relationship of arsenic contamination and ecology environment 44
Y.L. Zhang, J. Sun & G. Huang
Arsenic contamination in groundwater of Surma basin of Assam and Mizoram,
North Eastern India 47
P. Thambidurai, D. Chandrasekharam, A.K. Chandrashekhar & S.H. Farooq
Floodplain morphology and relation to the spatial distribution of arsenic
in the aquifers of Matlab, Southeastern Bangladesh 50
N.S. Rashid, K.M. Ahmed, M.Z. Rahman, M.A. Hasan, P. Bhattacharya & M. Hossain
Biogeochemical relationships of arsenic in the Haor Basin of Bangladesh 52
M.T.A. Chowdhury & A.A. Meharg
Groundwater arsenic chemistry and redox process comparison in three physiographic
settings of deltaic West Bengal, India 54
S. Bhowmick, B. Nath, D. Halder, S. Chakraborty & D. Chatterjee
I.2 Hydrogeolocial / sedimentological control on arsenic distribution / heterogeneity
Arsenic binding onto phyllosilicates and glutathione: Soil immobilisation and human
excretion mechanisms 59
L. Charlet, F. Bardelli, C. Parsons, J. He, S. Chakraborty & J. Gailer
Arsenic in groundwaters of the central Gangetic plain regions of India 63
AL. Ramanathan, P. Tripathi, M. Kumar, A. Kumar, P. Kumar, M. Kumar & P. Bhattacharya
Spatial heterogeneity of arsenic in a deltaic groundwater environment of West Bengal, India 65
D. Chatterjee, S. Majumder, A. Biswas, S. Sarkar, A.K. Kundu, A. Mukherjee,
S. Bhowmick, G. Roman-Ross, H. Neidhardt & Z. Berner
Potentiality of shallow brown sand aquifers as an alternative safe drinking water source
in Bengal Basin 67
A. Biswas, P. Bhattacharya, D. Halder, G. Jacks, B. Nath, A. Mukherjee, A.K. Kundu,
U. Mandal & D. Chatterjee
Monsoonal influence on stable isotope signature and arsenic distribution in groundwaters
of rural West Bengal: A spatio-temporal study 69
S. Majumder, S. Datta, B. Nath, Z. Berner, S. Sarkar & D. Chatterjee
Potentiality of intermediate depth aquifer as a source of arsenic and manganese safe
tubewells in Bangladesh 71
M. Hossain, A. Haque, S. Alam, M. Rahman, M.R. Uddin, S.G. Sarwar, M.G. Kibria,
R. Hasan, K.M. Ahmed, M.A. Hasan, J. Alam, P. Bhattacharya, G. Jacks & M. von Brömssen
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Hydrogeology of an arsenic-mineralized fractured phyllite, and implications
for groundwater arsenic dispersion 74
M. Gasparon, V. Ciminelli, G. Duarte & J.C. Ng
Generalization of results from a pilot study by numerical modeling 76
T. Krüger, H.M. Holländer, H. Prommer, P.-W. Boochs & M. Billib
Vertical distribution and mobilization of arsenic in shallow alluvial aquifers
of Chapai-Nawabganj, Northwestern Bangladesh 80
A.H.M. Selim Reza & J.-S. Jean
Flow paths and travel time of groundwater from arsenic contaminated zone
to deeper aquifer units under different development stresses 82
A. Zahid, M.Q. Hassan & K. Jahan
Geological origin of arsenic groundwater contamination in Bihar, India 85
A.K. Ghosh, N. Bose, R. Kumar, H. Bruining, S. Lourma, M.E. Donselaar & A.G. Bhatt
Groundwater arsenic from parts of the Middle Ganga Plain, India:
Influence of fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary morphostratigraphy 88
B.A. Shah
An overview of arsenic occurrence in the groundwater of Mexico 91
F.I. Arreguín-Cortés, R. Chávez-Guillén, P.R. Soto-Navarro & P.L. Smedley
Characterization of subsurface sediments and its implication on arsenic
mobilization in Gangetic plain 93
S. Kar, J.-S. Jean, C.-C. Liu, J.P. Maity, B. Nath & J.-F. Lee
The relationship between the concentration of arsenic and the hydraulic gradient
along the shallow groundwater flow-path of Hetao plain, Northern China 96
W.G. Cao & Y.L. Zhang
I.3 Mobility and transport of arsenic (geochemical modelling, environmental
fate and risk assessment)
Arsenic biotransformation and transfer from rhizosphere to plant 101
L.Q. Ma, B. Rathinasabapathi, X. Wang, S. Mathews & P. Ghosh
Phytoremediation of arsenic—does it work? 104
M. Greger
Effect of organic fertilization practiced in paddy soils in Bangladesh on arsenic dynamics 106
M. Hossain, A. Mestrot, G.J. Norton, C.M. Deacon & A.A. Meharg
Microbial involvement in the dynamics of arsenic in irrigated agricultural systems
of Bangladesh 108
S. Sanwar & S.M. Imamul Huq
Air-filled porosity controls on dissolved arsenic and cadmium concentrations in paddy soils 110
K. Nakamura, H. Katou, K. Suzuki & T. Honma
The effects of organics on the transformation and release of arsenic 112
W.M. Al Lawati, B.E. van Dongen, D. Polya, J.-S. Jean, T.R. Kulp & M. Berg
Human exposure to arsenic and manganese in groundwater in the Red River Delta, Vietnam 115
P.T.K. Trang, V.T.M. Lan, P.H. Viet, M. Berg, D. Postma & F. Larsen
Adsorption of arsenic to different natural solids: Soils, stream sediments and peats 118
B. Doušová, S. Krejčová, M. Lhotka, F. Buzek & J.J. Rothwell
Occurrence, distribution, and release mechanism of arsenic in aquifers
of Yinchuan Plain in China 120
F.C. Zhang, S. Han, H. Zhang, Y. An, C. Wang, X. Cheng & X. Wang
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