Manganese pollution in eastern India causing cancer risk
Arun Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Govind Kumar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Nirmal Kumar Chayal, Siddhant Aryal, Mukesh Kumar, Abhinav Srivastava, Mohammad Ali, Vivek Raj, Akhouri Bishwapriya, Muskan Manjari, Deepak Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Manisha Singh, Ashok Kumar Ghosh · 2024
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Arun Kumar and co-authors report a link between manganese in drinking water and cancer in eastern India, in a 2024 study. Manganese is a metal that can poison groundwater, yet its health effects are rarely reported. The team collected blood samples from 1,146 cancer patients in the Gangetic plains of Bihar. They also took water samples from the hand pumps at the patients' homes and tested both for the metal.
Many blood samples held manganese far above safe limits, and the matching home water was also high in the metal. The two levels tracked each other closely. Patients with carcinoma, often at late stages, showed the highest amounts. Maps of the region show the same pattern across the state. The authors warn that long-term exposure may be one cause of rising cancer, while noting other risks may also play a part.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Arun Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Govind Kumar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Nirmal Kumar Chayal, Siddhant Aryal, Mukesh Kumar, Abhinav Srivastava, Mohammad Ali, Vivek Raj, Akhouri Bishwapriya, Muskan Manjari, Deepak Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Manisha Singh, Ashok Kumar Ghosh |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |