<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Arsenic (As) is metalloid, naturally present in the environment but also introduced by human activities. It is toxic and carcinogenic and its exposure to low or high concentrations can be fatal to human health. Arsenic contamination in drinking water threatens more than 150 million peoples all over the world. Therefore, treatment of As contaminated water is of unquestionable importance. The present review begins with an overview of As chemistry, distribution and toxicity, which are relevant aspects to understand and develop remediation techniques. The most common As removal processes (chemical precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, membrane filtration, phytoremediation and electrocoagulation) are presented with discussion of their advantages, drawbacks and the main recent achievements.</p></abstract>

Arsenic (As) is metalloid, naturally present in the environment but also introduced by human activities. It is toxic and carcinogenic and its exposure to low or high concentrations can be fatal to human health. Arsenic contamination in drinking water threatens more than 150 million peoples all over the world. Therefore, treatment of As contaminated water is of unquestionable importance. The present review begins with an overview of As chemistry, distribution and toxicity, which are relevant aspects to understand and develop remediation techniques. The most common As removal processes (chemical precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, membrane filtration, phytoremediation and electrocoagulation) are presented with discussion of their advantages, drawbacks and the main recent achievements.

An overview of main arsenic removal technologies

Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Engeneering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology

Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology

Acta Chimica Slovaca

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Arsenic (As) is metalloid, naturally present in the environment but also introduced by human activities. It is toxic and carcinogenic and its exposure to low...

An overview of main arsenic removal technologies

Published Online: Dec 19, 2018

Page range: 107 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acs-2018-0016

Keywords
arsenic contamination, health hazards, toxicity, removal techniques

© 2018 Ronald Zakhar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

An overview of main arsenic removal technologies

Published Online: Dec 19, 2018

Page range: 107 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acs-2018-0016

Keywordsarsenic contamination, health hazards, toxicity, removal techniques

© 2018 Ronald Zakhar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
arsenic contamination, health hazards, toxicity, removal techniques