Occurrence of arsenic in soils, groundwater and rice plants in selected districts of Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Shah, A. L., Naher, Umme Aminun, Islam, S. M. Mofijul, Hasan, Zakiul, Panhwar, Qurban Ali, Jusop, Shamshuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Iceland Glaciological Society 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29412/1/Occurrence%20of%20arsenic%20in%20soils%2C%20groundwater%20and%20rice%20plants%20in%20selected%20districts%20of%20Bangladesh.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29412/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

A study was conducted in four districts of Bangladesh, namely Faridpur sadar, Kolaroa (Satkhira), Shibaloya (Manikganj) and Natore sadar to assess arsenic (As) status in groundwater, agricultural soils, rice straw and rice grain. One hundred samples each of soil, irrigation water and plant parts (ro...