T67 Distribution of Arsenic and Related Metalloids in Surface and Ground Waters: Controls and Challenges I

Monday, 23 October 2006
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  NATURALLY-OCCURRING ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER AND HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS
  Claudia Hopenhayn, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and W. Jay Christian, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  115070 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  THE OCCURRENCE, BIOAVAILABILITY AND TOXICITY OF ARSENIC FROM DRINKING OR IRRIGATION WATER – A WIDESPREAD HEALTH ISSUE
  Michalann Harthill, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  115700 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  ARSENIC EXPOSURE IN BANGLADESH: THE REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS IN HUMANS
  Wahidur Rahman, London Metropolitan University, London, N/A and Michael A. Crawford, London Metropolitan University, London, N/A and Kebreab Ghebremeskel, London Metropolitan University, London, N/A
  110603 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  POTENTIAL ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS OF BLACKFOOT DISEASE CAUSED BY DRINKING GROUNDWATER IN TAIWAN: AN OVERVIEW
  Jiin-Shuh Jean, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, N/A and Ming-Kuo Lee, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL
  107992 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  ARSENIC POISONING AND REMEDIAL MEASURES: A GLOBAL SCENARIO
  Kshipra Misra, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, N/A
  113916 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  AN IN-SITU PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARSENIC IN GROUND WATER
  Richard Wilkin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK and Steven Acree, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK and Randall Ross, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK and Tony Lee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK and Douglas Beak, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK
  113140 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:05 AM
  THE HETEROGENEITY OF ARSENIC IN THE CRUST: A LINKAGE TO OCCURRENCE IN GROUNDWATER
  Yan Zheng, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY, Flushing, NY
  114287 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO ARSENIC AFFECTED AREAS NEAR THE EASTERN AND WESTERN MARGINS OF BENGAL BASIN: SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS
  Abhijit Mukherjee, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Mattias von Brömssen, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, N/A and Gunnar Jacks, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, N/A and Kazi Matin Ahmed, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, N/A and Alan Fryar, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Md. Aziz Hasan, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, N/A and Prosun Bhattacharya, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
  112299 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  RICE FIELD HYDROCHEMISTRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ARSENIC CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS OF BANGLADESH
  Rebecca B. Neumann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and Charles F. Harvey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  112643 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  MONITORING OF ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUNDWATER PUMPED FROM 50 COMMUNITY WELLS TAPPING PLEISTOCENE AQUIFERS IN ARAIHAZAR, BANGLADESH
  Zhongqi Cheng, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY and Alexander van Geen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY and Mohammad Rahman, Dhaka, N/A and Moshiur Rahman, Dhaka, N/A and Qing Jia, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY and Kazi Matin, Dhaka, N/A
  114288 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:10 AM
  FLUVIO-DELTAIC PROCESSES AND GEOMORPHIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE SCALE OF 100 TO 1000M: THEIR IMPORTANCE IN GOVERNING THE HETEROGENEITY OF GROUNDWATER ARSENIC IN ARAIHAZAR, BANGLADESH
  Beth Weinman, Soil, Water, and Climate, St Paul, MN and Steven Goodbred, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and Yan Zheng, Queens College, C.U.N.Y, Flushing, NY and Ashok Singhvi, Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad and Yogesh Nagar, Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad, N/A and Zahid Aziz, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY and Alexander van Geen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geochemistry, Palisades, NY
  108073 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:25 AM
  ARSENIC SPECIES IN NEAR-SURFACE IRON OXYHYDROXIDE BANDS IN BANGLADESH: MICROCHARACTERIZATION BY ELECTRON PROBE, XAFS SPECTROSCOPY, AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  A.L. Foster, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and R.B. Perkins, Portland State University, Portland, OR and M.A. Marcus, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, CA and G.N. Breit, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and J.W. Whitney, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and J.C. Yount, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and M.N. Uddin, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dkaka, N/A and A.A. Muneem, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dkaka, N/A
  112703 (Technical Sessions)