Background Topics

The report on the background material should be about 500 words long and contain 7-10 links to websites of relevance.

Group 1. Removal of arsenic from drinking water: chemical means.

Group 2. Removal of arsenic from drinking water: biological means.

Group 3. Can exposure to arsenic be detected by measuring arsenic in nails and hair?

Group 4. Risk assessment: Why choose 10 ppb as the MCL in drinking water?

Group 5. Environmental contamination from CCA pressure-treated wood

Group 6. The bioavailability of arsenic to plants: phytoremediation versus toxic foodstuffs.

Group 7. The global distribution of arsenic: what do we know?

Group 8. The biochemical basis of arsenic toxicity

Group 9. Sources of soil contamination: PTW, herbicides, graveyards and orchards

Group 10. Biological transformations of arsenic

Group 11. The arsenic-eaters and the Napoleon connection: facts or fictions?