Arsenic Contamination in Asia Biological Effects and Preventive Measures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yamauchi, Hiroshi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sun, Guifan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine,
• Subjects: Occupational medicine.; Environmental health.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.; Environmental Health.

This book provides valuable new insights into preventive measures for chronic arsenic poisoning, exploring the various causes, metabolism and toxicity, preventive drugs, functional foods and various methods for removing arsenic from contaminated water. The mechanisms of chronic arsenic poisoning var...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Past, present, future of arsenic poisoning
• 2 Metabolism and toxicity of arsenic in human and animals, and racial differences
• 3 Arsenic exposure and reproductive toxicity
• 4 Causes and characteristics of chronic arsenic poisoning in the Bangladesh
• 5 Causes and characteristics of chronic arsenic poisoning in the China and intervention study
• 6 Arsenic exposure and lifestyle-related diseases (carcinogenic, diabetes, heart disease)
• 7 Metabolism and toxicity of organic arsenic compounds in marine organisms
• 8 Arsenic intake and health risk from diet in Asia
• 9 Preventive drugs and functional foods for the health effects of arsenic
• 10 Development of arsenic removal technology from drinking water in developing countries
• 11 Agronomic strategies for reducing arsenic risk in rice
• 12 The purpose and development of arsenic detoxification.