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Arsenic exposure with reference to neurological impairment: an overview

  • Anupama Sharma und Sunil Kumar EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 11. Oktober 2019
Reviews on Environmental Health
Aus der Zeitschrift Reviews on Environmental Health Band 34 Heft 4

Abstract

Arsenic (As) toxicity has become a public health and environmental problem, which is a serious issue in certain parts of the world. Many people are exposed to As through contaminated drinking water, food and soil, through occupation, etc. Chronic As exposure is linked to various hostile health effects including skin problems, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, reproductive and developmental and neurological problems in exposed subjects. Experimental existing data indicate that chronic As exposure affects the nervous system by impairing the nerve and brain tissues of the exposed animals, and clinical studies indicate that As exposure leads to both central nervous system and peripheral nervous system impairments and also causes depression, memory impairment and difficulty in problem solving, affects body coordination, etc. Various prenatal and postnatal studies with respect to As exposure also suggest that developing offspring and young children are susceptible to As exposure. The only solution to this serious health problem is to stop occupational As exposure and provide As free drinking water to the affected population.

Keywords: arsenic; central nervous system; cognitive; coordination; memory impairments; neurological disorder
Corresponding author: Dr. Sunil Kumar, MSc, PhD, A-10 Radhey Kunj Apartment, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad 380004, India, Phone: 91-079-22864939, Mobile: 09426395738; and Former Director-in-Charge, National Institute of Occupational Health (ICMR), Ahmedabad 380016, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgment

One of the authors (AS) is thankful to the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India for providing post-doctoral fellowship (Ref No. 3/1/3/PDF (14)/2016-HRD-12).

  1. Research funding: No funding was received for compilation of this MS.

  2. Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest.

  3. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  4. Ethical approval: The study does not require ethical approval.

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Received: 2019-07-03
Accepted: 2019-09-09
Published Online: 2019-10-11
Published in Print: 2019-12-18

©2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2019-0052
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arsenic; central nervous system; cognitive; coordination; memory impairments; neurological disorder

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Reviews
  3. Epigenetic modifications associated with in utero exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals BPA, DDT and Pb
  4. Cadmium toxicity: effects on human reproduction and fertility
  5. An overview on role of some trace elements in human reproductive health, sperm function and fertilization process
  6. Distract, delay, disrupt: examples of manufactured doubt from five industries
  7. A review of the application of sonophotocatalytic process based on advanced oxidation process for degrading organic dye
  8. The effect of occupational exposure to petrol on pulmonary function parameters: a review and meta-analysis
  9. Using human epidemiological analyses to support the assessment of the impacts of coal mining on health
  10. Arsenic exposure with reference to neurological impairment: an overview
  11. Current management of household hazardous waste (HHW) in the Asian region
  12. Integrating DMAIC approach of Lean Six Sigma and theory of constraints toward quality improvement in healthcare
  13. Mini Reviews
  14. Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene in HCFs: which tool to follow?
  15. Can your work affect your kidney’s health?
  16. A review on characteristics of food waste and their use in butanol production
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