We isolated and characterized As-resistant endophytic bacteria (AEB) from two arsenic hyperaccumulators. Their plant growth promoting traits and the relation between As tolerance and transformation were evaluated. A total of 41 and 33 AEB were isolated from Pteris vittata (PV) and Pteris multifida (PM) respectively. PV AEB represented 2genera while PM AEB comprised of 12 genera, with Bacillus s...

Arsenic is a contaminant in the groundwater of Holocene aquifers in Bangladesh, where approximately 57 million people drink water with arsenic levels exceeding the limits set by the World Health Organization. Although arsenic is native to the sediments, the means by which it is released to groundwater remains unresolved. Contrary to the current paradigm, ferric (hydr)oxides appear to dominate t...

From the natural geochemical process and anthropogenic activities such as mining wastes, petroleum refining, and agricultural chemicals, surface and groundwater are widely contaminated with arsenic (Bhumbla and Keefer, 1994). Inorganic arsenic is commonly present as arsenite and arsenate depending on the aquatic redox systems. In anoxic systems such as groundwater, the stable form of arsenic is...

Arsenic contamination has been found in the groundwater of several countries. Photocatalysis can rapidly oxidize arsenite (As(III)) to less labile and less toxic arsenate (As(V)), which then can be removed by adsorption onto photocatalyst surfaces. This study investigates the photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) to As(V) as a function of As(III) concentration, pH, catalyst loading, light intensi...

Arsenic is an environmentally ubiquitous health hazard due to its toxicity combined with natural abundance and heavy industrial applications. Due role in cardiovascular disease, neurotoxicity, various cancers, it important understand environmental fate of arsenic-containing compounds take steps towards remediation. Sodium arsenite (NaAsO2) one such compound that has been used worldwide as herbi...

background: arsenic toxicity is a major global health problem and exposure via contaminated drinking water has been associated with hematological and other systemic disorders. the present investigation has been conducted in adult male rats to evaluate the protective ability of α-lipoic acid (ala) against such hematological disorders. methods: twenty-four adult male wister rats (b.wt.130±10g) we...

Sequential injection system (SI system) was used for the pretreatment of a carbon electrode in an anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) for the determination of arsenic (III). In this research, a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) was used; SPCE was prepared in our laboratory by us. In ASV, SPCE was chosen as a working electrode because SPCE is less expensive, easy to use for a flow cell and s...