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2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (25–29 August 2013)

Session No. 38
Wednesday, 28 August 2013: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Washington II (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

Arsenic and Other Toxic Oxyanions in the Environment I

 

Virinder Sidhu and Rupali Datta, Chairs
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9:00 AM
ARSENIC POLLUTION IN WATER RESOURCES OF MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN OF UTTAR PRADESH. INDIA
SINGH, Satyendra, department of Higher Education, Govt. of U.P, Govt. Girls PG College Ghazipur, Aamghat, Ghazipur, 233001, India, nsim1962@rediffmail.com, nsim1962@rediffmail.com
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9:20 AM
INVITED KEYNOTE: GEOGENIC ARSENIC AND MANGANESE IN BENGAL DELTA GROUNDWATERS: SUSTAINABLE MITIGATION FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, HOSSAIN, Mohammed2, AHMED, Kazi Matin3, JACKS, Gunnar2 and VON BRÖMSSEN, Mattias4, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (3)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, (4)Soil- and Water Environment, Ramböll Sweden AB, Stockholm, SE-104 62, Sweden, prosun@kth.se, prosun@kth.se
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF ARSENIC VIA OXIDATION AND ADSORPTION ON IRON PRECIPITATES USING AN ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY OXIDANT, FERRATE (VI)
PUNAMIYA, Pravin, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, KAUR, Kawalpreet, Earth and environmental studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, DENG, Yang, Earth and environmental studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair State University, ML 252A, Montclair, NJ 07043 and SIDHU, Virinder, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043, punamiyap1@mail.montclair.edu, punamiyap1@mail.montclair.edu
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10:40 AM
EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON GROWTH OF VETIVER GRASS (CHRYSOPOGON ZIZANIOIDES L.) AND ITS ARSENIC UPTAKE FROM SOIL AND WATER SYSTEMS
CAPORALE, Antonio, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, 80055, Italy, SIDHU, Virinder, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043, PUNAMIYA, Pravin, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, VIOLANTE, Antonio, Department of Agriculture, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, 80055, Italy and DATTA, Rupali, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, rupdatta@mtu.edu, rupdatta@mtu.edu
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11:00 AM
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA FROM ARSENIC-ENRICHED AGRICULTURAL SOILS OF CHIANAN PLAIN, SOUTHWESTERN TAIWAN
DAS, Suvendu, JEAN, Jiin-Shuh and KAR, Sandeep, Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, #1 University Road, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan, jiinshuh@mail.ncku.edu.tw, jiinshuh@mail.ncku.edu.tw
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11:20 AM
SURFACE COMPLEXATION OF ANTIMONY ON KAOLINITE
RAKSHIT, Sudipta, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A Merritt blvd, Nashville, TN 37209, SIDHU, Virinder, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043 and DATTA, Rupali, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, srakshit@tnstate.edu, srakshit@tnstate.edu
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11:40 AM
CHROMIUM REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATER USING MORINGA STENOPETALA SEED POWDER AS AN ADSORBENT
DEGEFU, Dagmawi M., Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, 27506, Ethiopia, dagmawimulugeta@gmail.com, dagmawimulugeta@gmail.com
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