The Taiwan crisis [electronic resource] : a showcase of the global arsenic problem / [editors], Jiin-Shuh Jean ... [et al.].
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TextSeries: Arsenic in the environment ; v. 3.Publication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Balkema, 2010.Description: xxix, 203 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), col. portsISBN: - 9780203848067 (ebook : PDF)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Taiwan and the global arsenic problem -- 2. Geological controls of arsenic concentrations in ground- and surface-waters : an overview of our worldwide state-of-the-art knowledge -- 3. History of blackfoot disease -- 4. Cause of blackfoot disease : arsenic in artesian well water -- 5. Non-vascular health effects of arsenic in drinking water in Taiwan -- 6. Arsenic sources, occurrences and mobility in surface water, groundwater and sediments -- 7. Arsenic in soils and plants : accumulation and bioavailability -- 8. Potential threat of the use of arsenic-contaminated water in aquaculture -- 9. Current solutions to arsenic-contaminated water -- 10. Future areas of study and tasks for the Taiwan arsenic problem.
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