Environmental health risks by arsenic consumption in water wells in the Cape region, Mexico

Autor:	H. Romero-Schmidt, Baudilio Acosta-Vargas, L. Mendez-Roclriguez, Alfredo Ortega-Rubio, A. Naranjo-Pulido
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Hydrology Mexican State Altitude chemistry Environmental protection Cape Environmental science chemistry.chemical_element Health risk Groundwater Arsenic
Zdroj:	Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN:	1743-3525 1747-4485
DOI:	10.2495/ehr010131
Popis:	The aim of this work was to evaluate the concentration of arsenic in wells of the San Antonio-El Triunfo region, located in the Baja California Sur (BCS) Mexican State. At this region mineral mining activities flourish during the XIX century. As a byproduct of these activities there were deposited on the soil thousands of tons of debris, which contains high quantities of arsenic. During the summer months of 1997 we developed fieldwork in order to sample these wells. Concentration of arsenic was determined using the Chapman and Parket [ l ] techniques. The results were statistically analyzed by ANOVA tests. Our results indicates that all the groundwater sampled in the wells of the region exceeds the Mexican official limits (0.05 rngtl), and that the arsenic quantities in the wells are inversely correlated with the altitude and the pH of the wells. The implications of such findings to the health risk of the local inhabitants are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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