A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has created a new optical sensor that offers real-time ...

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in both soil and groundwater. Rice plants have a unique ability to absorb arsenic from the soil, especially when grown in flooded fields—a common ...

This theory of human-induced arsenic intensification is highly plausible. The required mechanisms are well known, and increases in arsenic concentration with groundwater age of 10–30 μg l −1 ...

Punjab’s groundwater extraction rate is a whopping 142 per cent higher than the recharge rate. Contemporary research on groundwater resources has unveiled a shocking truth. A staggering 60 billion ...

This contamination occurs when natural geological processes release arsenic from rocks and soil into groundwater and can be exacerbated by mining, industrial waste disposal and use of arsenic ...

President Donald Trump comes into office vowing to ease environmental regulations on the utility industry. Now companies that ...

A spokesperson for MidAmerican said the study is “misleading” and highlights certain pieces of data to “to further its agenda.” ...

The Central Ground Water Board report attributes the rising uranium levels to leaching from agricultural land. Intensive use ...

The study looks at four plants across the state, including the Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center near Council Bluffs.

The groundwater in several districts of Punjab and Haryana contains uranium, nitrates, arsenic, chloride and fluoride in ...