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Bishwajit Nayak
Researcher at Jadavpur University
Publications - 22
Citations - 1874
Bishwajit Nayak is an academic researcher from Jadavpur University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arsenic contamination of groundwater & Population. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1674 citations. Previous affiliations of Bishwajit Nayak include 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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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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Ineffectiveness and poor reliability of arsenic removal plants in West Bengal, India.
M. Amir Hossain,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Sad Ahamed,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Debapriya Mondal,Dilip Lodh,Bhaskar Das,Bishwajit Nayak,Bimal Roy,and Amitava Mukherjee,Dipankar Chakraborti +10 more
TL;DR: Evaluating the efficiency of ARP projects in removing arsenic and iron from raw groundwater in West Bengal, India found that none of the ARPs could maintain arsenic in filtered water below the WHO provisional guideline value and only two could meet the Indian standard value throughout.
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Murshidabad--one of the nine groundwater arsenic-affected districts of West Bengal, India. Part II: dermatological, neurological, and obstetric findings.
Subhash Chandra Mukherjee,Kshitish Chandra Saha,Shymapada Pati,Rathindra Nath Dutta,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Sad Ahamed,Dilip Lodh,Bhaskar Das,M. Amir Hossain,Bishwajit Nayak,Amitava Mukherjee,Dipankar Chakraborti,Subhir Kumar Dulta,Shyamal Kanti Palit,Imrul Kaies,Ajoy Kishore Barua,Khondaker Abdul Asad +17 more
TL;DR: Multisystemic disorders, including dermal effects, neurological complications, and adverse obstetric outcomes, were observed to be associated with chronic arsenic exposure in the study population in Murshidabad, West Bengal.