Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects Vol. III : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, July 18-22, 2000, San Diego, California

by Chappell, Willard R.; Abernathy, Charles O.; Calderon, Rebecca L.

• ISBN13: 9780080440675
• ISBN10: 0080440673
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

Summary

This collected volume of authoritative articles represents the state-of-the-art in arsenic research. Arsenic experts from around the world, participants in the Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects organized by the Society of Environmental Geochemistry and Health in 2000, present their critical findings. A vital contribution to arsenic study and policy making, this volume examines the global impact of the toxin and discusses arsenic in the environment, mechanisms of arsenic metabolism and carcinogenesis, water treatment technology, and medical care. Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects offers informed, challenging insights into a highly important and controversial topic.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
List of Contributors	xi
Obituary: Kurt J. Irgolic 1938-1999	xxi
Walter Goessler
I. OCCURRENCE AND EXPOSURE
Arsenic: the 'King of Poisons' in Antiquity - a Possible Threat to Future Sustainability	1	(8)
Iain Thornton
International Perspective on Naturally Occurring Arsenic Problems in Groundwater	9	(18)
Pauline L. Smedley
David G. Kinniburgh
Ihtishamul Huq
Luo Zhen-dong
Hugo B. Nicolli
Characterization of Arsenic-bearing Sediments in the Gangetic Delta of West Bengal, India	27	(26)
Dipankar Chakraborti
Gautam K. Basu
Bhajan K. Biswas
Uttam K. Chowdhury
Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman
Kunal Paul
Tarit Roy Chowdhury
Chitta R. Chanda
Dilip Lodh
Sagar Lal Ray
Geochemical and Palaeohydrological Controls on Pollution of Groundwater by Arsenic	53	(26)
P. Ravenscroft
J.M. McArthur
B.A. Hoque
Progresses on Researches of Endemic Arsenism in China: Population at Risk, Intervention Actions, and Related Scientific Issues	79	(8)
Guifan Sun
Jingbo Pi
Bing Li
Xiaoying Guo
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Takahiko Yoshida
Arsenic in Latin America: Occurrence, Exposure, Health Effects and Remediation	87	(10)
Ana M. Sancha
Maria L. Castro
Impacts of Historic Arsenical Pesticide Use on Residential Soils in Denver, Colorado	97	(18)
David J. Folkes
Steven O. Helgen
Robert A. Litle
Arsenic Speciation in Fresh-Water Fish and Bivalves	115	(10)
Iris Koch
Kenneth J. Reimer
Anda Beach
William R. Cullen
Alexandra Gosden
Vivian W.-M. Lai
Determination of Organoarsenic Compounds in Finishing Chicken Feed and Chicken Litter by HPLC-ICP-MS	125	(10)
M. Pavkov
W. Goessler
II. HEALTH EFFECTS EPIDEMIOLOGY
Individual Susceptibility to Arseniasis	135	(10)
Chien-Jen Chen
Yu-Mei Hsueh
Mei-Ping Tseng
Yu-Chun Lin
Lin-I Hsu
Wei-Lin Chou
Hung-Yi Chiou
Iuan-Horng Wang
Yi-Li Chou
Chin-Hsiao Tseng
Saou-Hsing Liou
Bayesian Model Averaging with Applications to the Risk Assessment for Arsenic in Drinking Water	145	(8)
Knashawn H. Morales
Joseph G. Ibrahim
Louise M. Ryan
Chien-Jen Chen
Epidemiological Study on Various Non-carcinomatous Manifestations of Chronic Arsenic Toxicity in a District of West Bengal	153	(12)
D.N. Guha Mazumder
Nilima Ghosh
Binay K. De
Amal Santra
Subhankar Das
Sarbari Lahiri
Reina Haque
Allan H Smith
Dipankar Chakraborti
Possible Effects of Arsenic on Visual Perception and Visual-Motor Integration of Children in Thailand	165	(8)
Unchalee Siripitayakunkit
Sudaruk Lue
Chanpen Choprapawan
Interactions between Arsenic and Other Factors in Relation to Carcinogenicity	173	(8)
Irva Hertz-Picciotto
Arsenic in Drinking Water from Groundwater in Transylvania, Romania: an Overview	181	(4)
Eugen S. Gurzau
Anca Elena Gurzau
Preliminary Analysis of Lung Cancer Incidence in Arsenic Exposed Population	185	(8)
Vladimir Bencko
Jiri Rames
Miloslav Gotzl
Arsenic Ingestion and Health Effects in Bangladesh: Epidemiological Observations	193	(8)
Mahfuzar Rahman
Olav Axelson
Occurrence of Cancer in Arsenic Contaminated Area, Ronpibool District, Nakorn Srithmmarat Province, Thailand	201	(6)
Chanpen Choprapawon
Yawarat Porapakkham
III. BIOMARKERS
Arsenic Exposure, Null Genotypes of Glutathione S-Transferase M1, T1 and P1, and Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis among Residents in the Lanyang Basin of Taiwan	207	(14)
H.Y. Chiou
I.H. Wang
Y.M. Hsueh
S.T. Chiou
Y.L. Chou
H.W. Teh
C.J. Chen
Chronic Inorganic Arsenic Exposure Alters Heme Metabolism in Humans	221	(10)
Araceli Hernandez-Zavala
Gonzalo G. Garcia-Vargas
Mariano E. Cebrian
Carolina Aguilar
Luz Maria Del Razo
Mutations in C57B1/6J and Metallothionein Knock-out Mice Induced by Chronic Exposure of Sodium Arsenate in Drinking Water	231	(12)
Jack C. Ng
Lixia Qi
Jian-Ping Wang
Xilong Xiao
Mahmood Shahin
Michael R. Moore
Arungundrum S. Prakash
IV. MECHANISMS
Arsenite Exposure Causes both Hypomethylation and Hypermethylation in Human Cell Lines in Culture at Low Concentrations	243	(12)
Cathy Zhong
Liangjun Wang
Marc J. Mass
Induction of Proliferative Lesions of the Uterus, Tests and Liver in Swiss Mice Given Repeated Injections of Sodium Arsenate	255	(10)
Michael P. Waalkes
Larry K. Keefer
Bhalchandra A. Diwan
Sub-Toxic Arsenite Induces a Multi-Component Protective Response against Oxidative Stress in Human Cells	265	(12)
Elizabeth T. Snow
Michael Schuliga
Salem Chouchane
Yu Hu
The Carcinogenicity of Dimethylarsinic Acid (DMA) in Rats	277	(8)
Samuel M. Cohen
Martin Cano
Margaret K. St. John
Peter C. Ryder
Eva Uzvolgyi
Lora L. Arnold
Human Cell Models for Arsenic Carcinogenicity and Toxicity: Transformation and Genetic Susceptibility	285	(12)
Toby G. Rossman
Melissa A. Visalli
Ahmed N. Uddin
Yu Hu
Research Requirements for a Biologically Realistic Cancer Risk Assessment for Arsenic	297	(8)
Harvey Clewell
V. METABOLISM
The Discovery, Importance and Significance of Monomethylarsonous Acid (MMAIII) in Urine of Humans Exposed to Inorganic Arsenic	305	(10)
H. Vasken Aposhian
Eugen S. Gurzau
X. Chris Le
Anca Gurzau
Robert A. Zakharyan
William R. Cullen
Sheila M. Healy
Diego Gonzalez-Ramirez
Daniel L. Morgan
Adriana Sampayo-Reyes
Eric Wildfang
Timothy R. Radabaugh
Jay S. Petrick
Eugene A. Mash Jr.
Reddy B. Aavula
Mary M. Aposhian
The Impact of Selenium Status on the Metabolism and Disposition of Arsenic and its Implications for Epidemiologic Investigations	315	(10)
E.M. Kenyon
M.F. Hughes
L.M. Del Razo
O.A. Levander
Trivalent Methylated Arsenicals: Toxic Products of the Metabolism of Inorganic Arsenic	325	(14)
Miroslav Styblo
Shan Lin
Luz Maria Del Razo
David J. Thomas
Speciation of Human Urinary Arsenic Including the Trivalent Methylation Metabolities	339	(14)
Xiufen Lu
Zhilong Gong
Mingsheng Ma
William R. Cullen
H. Vasken Aposhian
Baoshan Zheng
Eugen S. Gurzau
X. Chris Le
Dose-Response Relationships for the Metabolism and Urinary Excretion of Arsenicals in Humans	353	(14)
David J. Thomas
Luz Maria Del Razo
Dina M. Schreinemachers
Edward E. Hudgens
X. Chris Le
Rebecca L. Calderon
Arsenic Methylation and the S-Adenosylmethionine-Mediated Transmethylation/Transsulfuration Pathway	367	(14)
Joyce Morissey Donohue
Charles O. Abernathy
VI. INTERVENTION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT
An Overview of the UNICEF Supported Arsenic Mitigation Programme in Bangladesh	381	(6)
C.J. Davis
Seventeen Years Experience of Arsenicosis in West Bengal, India	387	(10)
Kshitish Chandra Saha
Dipankar Chakraborti
Arsenic Mobilization by DMPS	397	(10)
H. Vasken Aposhian
Mary M. Aposhian
Arsenic Mitigation and Water Supply in Bangladesh	407	(6)
Bilqis A. Hoque
P. Ravenscroft
M.M. Hoque
M. Rahman
Nahid A. Ali
G. Morshed
M.S. Monir
M. Amin
Community-Based Management of Arsenic-Affected Patients	413	(6)
Quazi Quamruzzaman
Mahmuder Rahman
Shibtosh Roy
Bashir Ahmed
Ranajit Das
Shohel Ahmed
Javed Yusuf
A Comprehensive Review of Low-Cost, Tubewell Water Treatment Technologies for Arsenic Removal	419	(12)
Susan Murcott
Surface Properties of an Advanced Adsorbent Developed for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water	431	(10)
Jozsef Hlavay
Klara Polyak
Critical Evaluation of a Simple Arsenic Removal Method for Groundwater of Bangladesh	441	(12)
M. Alauddin
A. Hussam
A.H. Khan
M. Habibuddowla
S.B. Rasul
A.K.M. Munir
Innovative Technologies for Remediation of Arsenic in Soil and Groundwater	453	(10)
James C. Redwine
Author Index	463	(2)
Keyword Index	465