Knowledge and Applicational Arsenic Poisoning among Dental Students: A Survey
Gayathri Karthikeyan
Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai –77, India.
V. Rakshagan
Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai-77, India.
M. Jeevitha
Department of Periodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
Selvaraj Jeyaraman
Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
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Abstract
Arsenic pollution of groundwater has far-reaching implications, including consumption through the food chain, which manifests as social problems, health dangers, and socioeconomic breakdown, as well as sprawling with mobility and groundwater mining. Food crops grown with arsenic-affected water are marketed to other locations, including uncontaminated areas where residents may be exposed to arsenic via the contaminated food. This could result in the emergence of a new threat.
Keywords: Arsenic, poisoning, groundwater, cancer