One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Envir

ISBN-13: 9781138001411 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 990 str.

Marta I. Litter; Hugo B. Nicolli; Jochen Bundschuh

Opis

Arsenic has been an issue of concern since decades because of the serious incidence on human health coming from ingestion of water with small amounts of arsenic for prolonged periods. The presence of Arsenic in water, intended for drinking, has caused the spread of arsenicosis, a set of signs and symptoms manifested mainly by dermatological disorders, such as melanodermia, leucodermia and/or palmoplantar keratoderma, which may evolve into more serious pathologies, such as different types of cancer. The affected populations usually live in countries with low-income levels, and the disease largely affects dispersed rural and periurban populations.

Spis treści

The topics covered in As 2014 are grouped under the following general areas:
Theme 1: Arsenic in environmental matrices (air, water and soil)
Theme 2: Arsenic in food
Theme 3: Arsenic and health
Theme 4: Removal Technologies
Theme 5: Mitigation Management and Policy

O autorze

Marta Litter (1946) is Doctor in Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires (1974) is now Head of the Remediation Technologies Division, Chemistry Management, National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina, Principal Researcher of the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and Full Professor of the National University of General San Martín, Argentina. She is author of more than 150 scientific publications. She is director of several degree, master and PhD Thesis. She received twice the Mercosur Prize in Science and Technology. She has been also a coauthor of the "Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiocatalysis, IUPAC Recommendations 2010", published in Pure and Applied Chemistry. She has been Leader Editor of a Special Number of Journal of Hazardous Materials in Nanotechnologies for water, air and soil treatment.