Arsenic and Heavy Metal Contamination in Water and Soil
This research community focuses on assessing the presence of toxic elements, particularly arsenic and heavy metals, in water and soil systems to evaluate associated human health risks.
The work centers on the detection and quantification of inorganic arsenic, fluoride, and heavy metals in groundwater, surface water, and drinking water sources. A significant portion of the literature involves health risk assessments, examining the link between exposure to these contaminants and conditions such as acute promyelocytic leukemia and oxidative stress. Methodologies frequently employ machine learning for water quality prediction and risk assessment, alongside traditional chemical analysis of mine drainage and river basins. Geographic focus is often on specific regions like India and China, where contamination from natural geogenic sources or anthropogenic activities like mining and agriculture is prevalent. The community also investigates the accumulation of these elements in crops like rice and their impact on aquatic ecosystems.
This community represents the largest share of research tracked for Arsenic, accounting for 23.5% of all Arsenic-related papers, with 35,295 papers in this group. It also constitutes a significant portion of Fluorine research, comprising 3.8% of that element's tracked literature.
The community comprises 69,566 papers, with the highest publication volume found in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemosphere, and The Science of The Total Environment.
Recent work continues to focus on the health risk assessment of heavy metal(loid)s in water, the application of machine learning to predict water quality parameters, and the spatial variation of contaminants in specific watersheds.