Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com ‘mass poisoning’ in the world. It can exist in different form viz. As (III) and As (V) in natural water [1]. Human exposure to arsenic can take place through ingestion, inhalation or skin adsorption. High dose of arsenic can cause acute toxic effects including gastrointestinal symptoms (poor appetite, vomiting, etc.), disturbance of cardiovascular a...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com ‘mass poisoning’ in the world. It can exist in different form viz. As (III) and As (V) in natural water [1]. Human exposure to arsenic can take place through ingestion, inhalation or skin adsorption. High dose of arsenic can cause acute toxic effects including gastrointestinal symptoms (poor appetite, vomiting, etc.), disturbance of cardiovascular a...

The use of equilibrium-based and mass transfer-based leaching tests has been proposed to provide an integrated assessment of leaching processes from solid wastes. The objectives of the research presented here are to (i) validate this assessment approach for contaminated soils and cement-based matrices, (ii) evaluate the use of diffusion and coupled dissolution-diffusion models for estimating co...

Dysfunctional lipid and glucose metabolism contribute to metabolic syndrome-a major public health concern that enhances cardiovascular disease risk. Arsenic (As(III)) exposure may increase metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk by impairing adipose tissue differentiation, function, and insulin sensitivity through pathogenic mechanisms that remain unclear. We hypothesized that As(III...

In this study, the influence of eutrophication on arsenic speciation in lake waters was investigated. Surface water samples (n=1-10) were collected from 18 lakes in Japan during July 2007 and February 2008. The lakes were classified into mesotrophic (7 lakes) and eutrophic (11 lakes) based on the total phosphate (T-P) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations in water column. Inorganic, methylat...

Two independent liquid chromatography inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LC/ICP-MS) methods for the separation of arsenic species in urine have been developed with quantification by standard additions. Seven arsenic species have been quantified in a new NIST frozen human urine Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2669 Arsenic Species in Frozen Human Urine, Levels 1 and 2. The species me...

Arsenic in drinking water promotes a number of diseases that may stem from dysfunctional adipose lipid and glucose metabolism. Arsenic inhibits adipocyte differentiation and promotes insulin resistance; however, little is known of the impacts of and mechanisms for arsenic effects on adipose lipid storage and lipolysis. Based on our earlier studies of arsenic-signaling mechanisms for vascular re...