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Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils (2024)
Journal Article
Mandal, J., Sharma, P. K., Mondal, D., Wood, M. D., Hutchinson, S. M., Kirby, J., & Srivastava, P. (2024). Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils. Current Pollution Reports, 10(1), 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-023-00288-1

Purpose of Review: The purpose of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of biochar in immobilizing arsenic (As) in contaminated paddy soils and its impact on As availability and bioaccumulation in rice, as well as rice plant biomass. Recent Fi... Read More about Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils.

Assessment of hypertension association with arsenic exposure from food and drinking water in Bihar, India (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, L., Suman, S., Sharma, P., Kumar, R., Singh, S., Bose, N., …Mondal, D. (2021). Assessment of hypertension association with arsenic exposure from food and drinking water in Bihar, India. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 223, 112572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112572

Epidemiological studies have associated chronic exposure to arsenic (As) from drinking water with increased risk of hypertension. However, evidence of an association between As exposure from food and hypertension risks is sparse. To quantify the asso... Read More about Assessment of hypertension association with arsenic exposure from food and drinking water in Bihar, India.

Inter-varietal variation in elemental uptake by rice and its implications for public health : a case study of Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria (2021)
Thesis
Bakare, W. (2021). Inter-varietal variation in elemental uptake by rice and its implications for public health : a case study of Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Nigeria is ranked first among the countries affected by Pb poisoning since it was reported in 2010 in Zamfara State. The Pb poisoning epidemic in Zamfara received global attention from various stakeholders and dietary Pb intake through rice which w... Read More about Inter-varietal variation in elemental uptake by rice and its implications for public health : a case study of Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Bioaccessibility and speciation of arsenic in children’s diets and health risk assessment of an endemic area in Bangladesh (2020)
Journal Article
Rahman, M., Alauddin, M., Alauddin, S., Siddique, A., Islam, M., Agosta, G., …Naidu, R. (2021). Bioaccessibility and speciation of arsenic in children’s diets and health risk assessment of an endemic area in Bangladesh. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 403, 124064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124064

This study determines the bioaccessibility of toxic and carcinogenic arsenic (As) in composite food samples and evaluates potential exposure from food intake in Bangladesh children. Total As (tAs), inorganic As (iAs) and bioaccessible As (BAs) in foo... Read More about Bioaccessibility and speciation of arsenic in children’s diets and health risk assessment of an endemic area in Bangladesh.

Achieving sustainable development goal for clean water in India : influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on groundwater microbial pollution (2020)
Journal Article
Duttagupta, S., Mukherjee, A., Bhanja, S., Chattopadhyay, S., Sarkar, S., Das, K., …Mondal, D. (2020). Achieving sustainable development goal for clean water in India : influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on groundwater microbial pollution. Environmental Management, 66, 742-755. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01358-6

Worldwide, >2 billion people (~1/3 world population), mostly living in economically stressed areas of Africa and South Asia, still do not have access to basic sanitation, and ~1 billion still practice open defecation. Water pollution due to open defe... Read More about Achieving sustainable development goal for clean water in India : influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on groundwater microbial pollution.

Arsenic exposure from food exceeds that from drinking water in endemic area of Bihar, India (2020)
Journal Article
Mondal, D., Rahman, M., Suman, S., Sharma, P., Siddique, A., Rahman, A., …Polya, D. (2021). Arsenic exposure from food exceeds that from drinking water in endemic area of Bihar, India. Science of the Total Environment, 754, 142082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142082

Extensive evidence of elevated arsenic (As) in the food-chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists. Nevertheless, the importance of exposure from food towards total As exposure and associated health risks in areas with natural occurring As in dr... Read More about Arsenic exposure from food exceeds that from drinking water in endemic area of Bihar, India.

Association of low-level inorganic arsenic exposure from rice with age-standardized mortality risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, L., Polya, D., Li, Q., & Mondal, D. (2020). Association of low-level inorganic arsenic exposure from rice with age-standardized mortality risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales. Science of the Total Environment, 743, 140534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140534

Adverse health outcomes, including death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), arising from chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) are well documented. Consumption of rice is a major iAs exposure route for over 3 billion people, however, there is s... Read More about Association of low-level inorganic arsenic exposure from rice with age-standardized mortality risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales.

Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, L., Mondal, D., & Polya, D. (2020). Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072536

To the best of our knowledge, a dose-response meta-analysis of the relationship between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and arsenic (As) exposure at drinking water As concentrations lower than the WHO provisional guideline value (10 µg/L) has not been p... Read More about Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Agrowaste derived biochars impregnated with ZnO for removal of arsenic and lead in water (2020)
Journal Article
Mondal, D., Cruz, G., Rimaycuna, J., Soukup, K., Gomez, M., Solis, J., & Lang, J. (2020). Agrowaste derived biochars impregnated with ZnO for removal of arsenic and lead in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.103800

Using residual biomass for biochar production to be applied for water treatment is a cost effective and environmental-friendly alternative to activated carbon. However, biochars are materials with low textural properties (total specific area and tota... Read More about Agrowaste derived biochars impregnated with ZnO for removal of arsenic and lead in water.

Wheat is an emerging exposure route for arsenic in Bihar, India (2019)
Journal Article
Mondal, D., Suman, S., Sharma, P., Siddique, A., Rahman, M., Kumar, R., …Matthews, H. (2020). Wheat is an emerging exposure route for arsenic in Bihar, India. Science of the Total Environment, 703, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134774

In arsenic (As) endemic areas of south-east Asia, where a subsistence rice-based diet is 19 prevalent, As exposure from food is mainly focused on rice intake. However, consumption of 20 wheat is substantial and increasing. We present a probabilistic... Read More about Wheat is an emerging exposure route for arsenic in Bihar, India.