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Global arsenic dilemma and sustainability
Journal of hazardous materials, Vol.436, 129197
15/08/2022
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Abstract
Arsenic (As) is one of the most prolific natural contaminants in water resources, and hence, it has been recognized as an emerging global problem. Arsenic exposure through food exports and imports, such as As-contaminated rice and cereal-based baby food, is a potential risk worldwide. However, ensuring As-safe drinking water and food for the globe is still not stated explicitly as a right neither in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) nor the global UNESCO priorities. Despite these omissions, addressing As contamination is crucial to ensure and achieve many of the declared human rights, SDGs, and global UNESCO priorities. An international platform for sharing knowledge, experience, and resources through an integrated global network of scientists, professionals, and early career researchers on multidisciplinary aspects of As research can act as an umbrella covering the activities of UN, UNESCO, and other UN organizations. This can deal with the mitigation of As contamination, thus contributing to global economic development and human health. This article provides a perspective on the global As problem for sustainable As mitigation on a global scale by 2030.
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•Contamination of As in rice and baby cereal via export/import is a global problem.•Ensuring As-safe drinking water and food is still not considered as a human right.•It is a key priority in UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UNESCO's global priorities.•A global umbrella for sharing knowledge, experience and resources is an urgent need.•This analysis and review lends a fresh perspective for a sustainable As mitigation by 2030.
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- Title
- Global arsenic dilemma and sustainability
- Creators
- Jochen Bundschuh - University of Southern QueenslandNabeel Khan Niazi - University of Agriculture FaisalabadMohammad Ayaz Alam - University of AtacamaMichael Berg - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyIndika Herath - University of Southern QueenslandBarbara Tomaszewska - AGH University of KrakowJyoti Prakash Maity - National Chung Cheng UniversityYong Sik Ok - Korea University
- Publication Details
- Journal of hazardous materials, Vol.436, 129197
- Comment
- The authors are grateful to the reviewers for their comments and suggestions, which helped us improve the original version of the manuscript substantially.
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Identifiers
- 991013052013802368
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article