How Much Is Too Much?

Abhijit Das (), Joyashree Roy and Sayantan Chakrabarti ()
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Abhijit Das: Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College

A chapter in Socio-Economic Analysis of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in West Bengal, 2016, pp 5-8 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The fact that arsenic is poisonous is well known. Complete avoidance is the best preventive actionPreventive action . However, this remains an implausible situation in arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. The obvious question that arises then is what is the safe or permissible limitPermissible limit of arsenic in drinking water. To find out the answer to this critical question, we reviewed literature that spells out the diverse and contrasting safe limits prescribed by various international nodal authorities as well as national governments. These variations are partly due to the fact that political and administrative policies are, at least in the case of West Bengal, if not India, limited by the lack of dedicated research and specific information and know-how. Moreover, apart from the fact that the policies are not always devised based on scientific information they are also, at times, heavily weighed down by several other operation-related factors. However, this adherence to inefficient safe levels brings forth several real-life implications for those suffering.

Keywords: Drinking Water; Permissible Limit; Indian Standard; Arsenic Exposure; Maximum Permissible Limit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0682-1_2

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