Arsenic Toxicity Prevention and Treatment

The most talked about metalloid in the modern world, arsenic affects the liver, kidney, and lungs; leads to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes; and may cause blindness with long-time exposure. With naturally occurring arsenic boosted by mining and other industrial processes contaminating soil and drinking water, arsenic toxicity is a major challenge to health professionals and scientists around the world. Arsenic Toxicity: Prevention and Treatment reviews current understanding of arsenic poisoning and the health consequences resulting from exposure. The book paints a vivid picture of the sources of arsenic toxicity including ground water; food such as rice, fruits and vegetables, fish, and chicken as well as occupational exposures from industries using inorganic arsenicsuchasglass production, non-ferrous alloy, wood preservation, and semiconductor manufacturing units.The textdetails the health hazards of arsenic toxicity and then examines removal, mainly from soil and water, highlighting eco-friendly bioremediation techniques. It discusses classical and modern treatment methods for arsenic toxicity, emphasizing the use of nutraceuticals and functional foods.With its focus on the remediation of arsenic toxicity using nutraceutical and functional food, the book provides a unique resource for combatting this global scourge. It provides strategies for defending arsenic toxicity naturally without causing any additional adverse effects.

ARSENIC TOXICITY, PROPAGATION, AND PROLIFERATIONIntroduction to Arsenic ToxicityNarayan ChakrabartyArsenic Poisoning and Its Health EffectsOk-Nam Bae, Kyung-Min Lim, and Jin-Ho ChungArsenic Toxicity: Toxicity, Manifestation, and Geographical DistributionYuhu LiOrigin of Arsenic Toxicity: GeochemistryDionisios Panagiotaras, Dimitrios Papoulis, and Elias StathatosREMEDIATIONIntroduction to Remediation of Arsenic Toxicity: Application of Biological Treatment Methods for Remediation of Arsenic Toxicity from GroundwatersIoannis A. Katsoyiannis, Manassis Mitrakas, and Anastasios I. ZouboulisRemediation of Arsenic ToxicitySudeshna Mukherjee, Sanjay Kumar Verma, and Rajdeep ChowdhuryBioremediation of Arsenic Toxicity (I)Nguyen Van HueBioremediation for the Removal of ArsenicDayene C. Carvalho, Luciana M. Coelho, Luciene M. Coelho, Nívia M.M. Coelho, and Thais S. NeriRemediation in FoodDomingo A. Román-SilvaArsenic in the Soil-Plant System: Phytotoxicity and PhytoremediationRebeca Manzano, Eduardo Moreno-Jiménez, and Elvira EstebanMitigation of Arsenic Toxicity by Plant ProductsTetsuro AgusaTREATMENTTreatment of Arsenic Poisoning: Diagnosis with BiomarkersMichael F. HughesChronic Arsenicosis: Clinical Features and DiagnosisAnupam Das, Rudrajit Paul, and Nilay Kanti DasManagement of Chronic Arsenicosis: An OverviewPiyush Kumar, Rudrajit Paul, Amrita Sil, and Nilay Kanti DasREMEDIATION OF ARSENIC BY NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODInfluence of Nutraceuticals in Combating Arsenic ToxicityNidhi Dwivedi and S.J.S. FloraInfluence of Functional Foods in Combating Arsenic ToxicityDebasis Bagchi, Anand Swaroop, and Manashi BagchiA Running Commentary on the Remediation and Treatment of Arsenic ToxicityGlossary

Dr. Narayan Chakrabarty, Ph.D., F.I.C.S., is a visiting professor in the Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, Maulana Azad College, Calcutta University. He is also a scientific consultant and director, West Bengal Biotech Development Corporation, Department of Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal, India. Dr. Chakrabarty is a member of the Departmental Technical Committee for Biotechnology of the Govt. of West Bengal. He authored a book on organic reaction mechanism. He has vast experience in conducting programs for estimating and remediating arsenic toxicity in rural Bengal. He was also a resource person in various programs under the sponsorship of UNICEF and the Government of India.