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SUBMITTER: Nghiem AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074394 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nghiem Athena A AA Prommer Henning H Mozumder M Rajib H MRH Siade Adam A Jamieson James J Ahmed Kazi Matin KM van Geen Alexander A Bostick Benjamin C BC
Nature water 20230216 2
Groundwater contamination by geogenic arsenic is a global problem affecting nearly 200 million people. In South and Southeast Asia, a cost-effective mitigation strategy is to use oxidized low-arsenic aquifers rather than reduced high-arsenic aquifers. Aquifers with abundant oxidized iron minerals are presumably safeguarded against immediate arsenic contamination, due to strong sorption of arsenic onto iron minerals. However, preferential pumping of low-arsenic aquifers can destabilize the bounda ...[more]