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Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils (2024)
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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)
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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.

Bioaccessibility and speciation of arsenic in children’s diets and health risk assessment of an endemic area in Bangladesh (2020)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Arsenic in Peruvian rice cultivated in the major rice growing region of Tumbes river basin (2019)
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Mondal, D., Periche, R., Tineo, B., Bermejo, L., Rahman, M., Siddique, A., …Cruz, G. (2020). Arsenic in Peruvian rice cultivated in the major rice growing region of Tumbes river basin. Chemosphere, 241, 125070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125070

Arsenic (As) exposure from surface and groundwater in Peru is being recognised as a 16 potential threat but there are limited studies on As in the food-chain and none on As in 17 Peruvian rice. In this study, we have determined the As content in rice... Read More about Arsenic in Peruvian rice cultivated in the major rice growing region of Tumbes river basin.

Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population (2019)
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Mondal, D., Mwale, T., Xu, L., Matthews, H., Oyeka, A., Lace-Costigan, G., & Polya, D. (2019). Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population. Palgrave Communications, 5(89), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0297-7

In the UK, consumption of rice and rice-based products is on the rise but, notwithstanding public expressed concerns about such products as an exposure route for arsenic (e.g. BBC News report, 2017“Should I worry about arsenic in my rice?”) there are... Read More about Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population.

Risk and benefit of different cooking methods on essential elements and arsenic in rice (2018)
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Mwale, T., Rahman, M., & Mondal, D. (2018). Risk and benefit of different cooking methods on essential elements and arsenic in rice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061056

Use of excess water in cooking of rice is a well-studied short-term arsenic removal technique. However, the outcome on the nutritional content of rice is not well addressed. We determined the benefit of different cooking techniques on arsenic removal... Read More about Risk and benefit of different cooking methods on essential elements and arsenic in rice.

Background matching in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon : adaptive camouflage and behavioural-plasticity (2018)
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Siegenthaler, A., Mastin, A., Dufaut, C., Mondal, D., & Benvenuto, C. (2018). Background matching in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon : adaptive camouflage and behavioural-plasticity. Scientific reports, 8, 3292. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21412-y

A combination of burrowing behaviour and very efficient background matching makes the brown shrimp Crangon crangon almost invisible to potential predators and preys. This raises questions on how shrimp succeed in concealing themselves in the heteroge... Read More about Background matching in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon : adaptive camouflage and behavioural-plasticity.

Quantifying pigment cover to assess variation in animal colouration (2017)
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Siegenthaler, A., Mondal, D., & Benvenuto, C. (2017). Quantifying pigment cover to assess variation in animal colouration. Biology Methods and Protocols, 2(1), bpx003. https://doi.org/10.1093/biomethods/bpx003

The study of animal colouration addresses fundamental and applied aspects relevant to a wide range of fields, including behavioural ecology, environmental adaptation and visual ecology. Although a variety of methods are available to measure animal... Read More about Quantifying pigment cover to assess variation in animal colouration.

Perfluoroalkyl substances, sex hormones, and insulin-like growth factor-1 at 6–9 Years of age : a cross-sectional analysis within the C8 health project (2016)
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a cross-sectional analysis within the C8 health project. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(8), 1269-1275. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509869

Background: Exposure to some perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), such as perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), may alter levels of sex hormones and insulin-l... Read More about Perfluoroalkyl substances, sex hormones, and insulin-like growth factor-1 at 6–9 Years of age : a cross-sectional analysis within the C8 health project.

Elevated risk of stillbirth in males : systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births (2014)
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Mondal, D., Galloway, T., Bailey, T., & Mathews, F. (2014). Elevated risk of stillbirth in males : systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births. BMC Medicine, 12(220), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0220-4

Background: Stillbirth rates have changed little over the last decade, and a high proportion of cases are unexplained. This meta-analysis examined whether there are inequalities in stillbirth risks according to sex. Methods: A systematic review of... Read More about Elevated risk of stillbirth in males : systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births.

Effect of mobile telephones on sperm quality : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2014)
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and meta-analysis. Environment International, 70, 106-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.04.015

Mobile phones are owned by most of the adult population worldwide. Radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) from these devices could potentially affect sperm development and function. Around 14% of couples in high- and middle-income count... Read More about Effect of mobile telephones on sperm quality : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Diarrhoeal health risks attributable to water-borne-pathogens in arsenic-mitigated drinking water in West Bengal are largely independent of the microbiological quality of the supplied water (2014)
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supplied water. Water, 6(5), 1100-1117. https://doi.org/10.3390/w6051100

Abstract: There is a growing discussion about the possibility of arsenic mitigation measures in Bengal and similar areas leading to undesirable substitution of water-borne-pathogen attributable risks pathogens for risks attributable to arsenic, in... Read More about Diarrhoeal health risks attributable to water-borne-pathogens in arsenic-mitigated drinking water in West Bengal are largely independent of the microbiological quality of the supplied water.

Breastfeeding : a potential excretion route for mothers and implications for infant exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids (2013)
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Mondal, D., Weldon, R., Armstrong, B., Gibson, L., Lopez-Espinosa, M., Shin, H., & Fletcher, T. (2014). Breastfeeding : a potential excretion route for mothers and implications for infant exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids. Environmental Health Perspectives, 122(2), https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306613

Background: The presence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in breast milk has been documented, but their lactational transfer has been rarely studied. Determination of the elimination rates of these chemicals during breastfeeding is important and criti... Read More about Breastfeeding : a potential excretion route for mothers and implications for infant exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids.

Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report (2013)
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district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report. Journal of Hydrology, 518(Part C), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.037

A comprehensive study was conducted in Nadia, one of the nine arsenic (As) affected districts in West Bengal, India to determine the extent and severity of groundwater As contamination and its health effects in particular, dermatological effects an... Read More about Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report.