Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination A Pakistan Perspective /

• Main Author: Farooqi, Abida (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Hydrogeology.; Environmental management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Environmental Management.

This book presents an up-to-the-minute overview of arsenic and fluoride pollution of soil and groundwater in Pakistan. It includes the author’s doctoral dissertation on Lahore as a case study and describes the mechanism of pollution on the basis of the findings in that area. The book highlights the...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Arsenic and Fluoride pollution in water and soil
• 2. Status of As and F- groundwater and soil pollution in Pakistan
• 3. Mechanism of Arsenic and Fluoride release: A case study from Lahore and Kasur, Punjab Pakistan
• 4. Case study
• 5. Sources of Pollution Discussions: Case study
• 6. Arsenic health Risk assessment
• 7. Remedies of arsenic problem and Environmental legislation in Pakistan regarding Arsenic.