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Bhaskar Das
Researcher at VIT University
Publications - 62
Citations - 3291
Bhaskar Das is an academic researcher from VIT University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arsenic contamination of groundwater & Population. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 46 publications receiving 2715 citations. Previous affiliations of Bhaskar Das include Jadavpur University & Indian Statistical Institute.
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Arsenic contamination in groundwater: a global perspective with emphasis on the Asian scenario.
Amitava Mukherjee,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,M. Amir Hossain,Sad Ahamed,Bhaskar Das,Bishwajit Nayak,Dilip Lodh,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Dipankar Chakraborti +8 more
TL;DR: An overview of the current scenario of arsenic contamination in countries across the globe with an emphasis on Asia is presented, including the present situation in severely-affected countries in Asia, such as Bangladesh, India, and China.
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Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in the state of West Bengal, India: A 20‐year study report
Dipankar Chakraborti,Bhaskar Das,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Bhajan Kumar Biswas,Amlanjyoti Goswami,Bishwajit Nayak,Arup Pal,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Sad Ahamed,Amir Hossain,Goutam Basu,Tarit Roychowdhury,Dipankar Das +13 more
TL;DR: It is noted that arsenic concentration decreased with increasing depth, and was found in two tube wells in Kolkata for 325 and 51 days during 2002-2005, showed 15% oscillatory movement without any long-term trend.
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Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh: a 14-year study report.
Dipankar Chakraborti,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Bhaskar Das,Matthew Murrill,Sankar P. Dey,Subhas Chandra Mukherjee,R.K. Dhar,Bhajan Kumar Biswas,Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Shibtosh Roy,Shahariar Sorif,Mohammad Reza Selim,Mahmuder Rahman,Quazi Quamruzzaman +14 more
TL;DR: Water analyses from the four principal geomorphological regions of Bangladesh showed that hand tubewells of the Tableland and Hill tract regions are primarily free from As contamination, while the Flood plain and Deltaic region, including the Coastal region, are highly As-contaminated.
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Arsenic groundwater contamination and its health effects in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in upper and middle Ganga plain, India: a severe danger.
Sad Ahamed,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Amitava Mukherjee,M. Amir Hossain,Bhaskar Das,Bishwajit Nayak,Arup Pal,Subhas Chandra Mukherjee,Shyamapada Pati,Rathindra Nath Dutta,Garga Chatterjee,Adreesh Mukherjee,Rishiji Srivastava,Dipankar Chakraborti +13 more
TL;DR: The similarity to previous studies on arsenic contamination in West Bengal, Bihar and Bangladesh indicates that people from a significant part of the surveyed areas in UP are suffering and this will spread unless drives to raise awareness of arsenic toxicity are undertaken and an arsenic safe water supply is immediately introduced.
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Arsenic burden of cooked rice: Traditional and modern methods.
Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Md. Amir Hossain,Amitava Mukherjee,Sad Ahamed,Bhaskar Das,Biswajit Nayak,Arup Pal,Dipankar Chakraborti +7 more
TL;DR: The use of low-As water in the traditional preparation of arsenic contaminated rice can reduce the ingested burden of arsenic.