Arsenic concentration in soil, rice and straw in central India

• The distribution of arsenic (As) in the soil, rice grain and straw of Kaudikasa, Rajnandgaon, central India is described. Speciation of monomethylarsenonate (MMA) and dimethylarsinite (DMA) and As(III) in the rice grain is presented. A remarkably high concentration of arsenic in soil is observed. The geogenic sources of arsenic and other metals in the soil were apportioned.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Arsenic concentration

Central India

Geogenic

High concentration

Rice grains

Grain (agricultural product)

Soils

Arsenic

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