会议专题

Arsenic Pollution and Human Health in China

  This paper reviews the extent and severity of arsenic (As) pollution and human health in China,based on the literature published in Chinese.In the 1950s,symptoms of As poisoning such as black-foot disease in Taiwan caused by high concentrations of As in groundwater were reported throughout the world.From the late 1970s to early 1980s,endemic arsenicosis due to high-As groundwater was found in Xinjiang.In the 1990s,endemic arsenicosis was found in provinces of Inner Mongolia (groundwater),Shanxi (groundwater) and Guizhou (coal combustion).Arsenic contamination and its toxicity to soils,plants,animals and humans were recorded in the Chinese literature.

Arsenic pollution human health China endemic arsenicosis review cancer

Jing Xie Zhengmiao Xie Chen Jianjun

Harvard School of Public Health Harvard University Boston,MA 02115,USA Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering Hangzhou Dianzi University Hangzhou 310037,China

国际会议

Conference on Environmental Pollution and Public Health (2012年环境污染与大众健康学术会议(CEPPH2012))

上海

英文

250-253

2012-08-09(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)