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C. R. Chanda
Researcher at Jadavpur University
Publications - 24
Citations - 4892
C. R. Chanda is an academic researcher from Jadavpur University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arsenic contamination of groundwater & Arsenic. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 24 publications receiving 4628 citations. Previous affiliations of C. R. Chanda include Central Pollution Control Board.
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Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.
Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Bhajan Kumar Biswas,Tarit Roy Chowdhury,Gautam Samanta,Badal Kumar Mandal,Gautam C. Basu,C. R. Chanda,Dilip Lodh,Khitish Chandra Saha,Subhas K. Mukherjee,Sibtosh Roy,Saiful Kabir,Quazi Quamruzzaman,Dipankar Chakraborti +13 more
TL;DR: Thousands of hair, nail, and urine samples from people living in arsenic-affected villages have been analyzed to date; Bangladesh and West Bengal, 93 and 77% samples, on an average, contained arsenic above the normal/toxic level.
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Arsenic in groundwater in seven districts of west bengal, india : the biggest arsenic calamity in the world
Badal Kumar Mandal,P. P. Chowdhury,G. Samanta,Gautam Kumar Basu,C. R. Chanda,Dilip Lodh,N. K. Karan,R.K. Dhar,D. K. Tamili,Dipankar Das,Kshitish Chandra Saha,Dipankar Chakraborti +11 more
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Arsenic Groundwater Contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar, India: A Future Danger?
Dipankar Chakraborti,Subhash Chandra Mukherjee,Shyamapada Pati,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Dilip Lodh,C. R. Chanda,Anil K Chakraborti,Gautam Kumar Basu +9 more
TL;DR: On neurologic examination, arsenic-typical neuropathy was diagnosed in 63% of the adults, a prevalence previously seen only in severe, subacute exposures, and an apparent increase in fetal loss and premature delivery in the women with the highest concentrations of arsenic in their drinking water.
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Arsenic in groundwater in six districts of West Bengal, India.
Dipankar Das,Gautam Samanta,Badal Kumar Mandal,Roy Chowdhury T,C. R. Chanda,P. P. Chowdhury,Gautam Kumar Basu,Dipankar Chakraborti +7 more
TL;DR: If alternative water resources are not utilised, a good percentage of the 30 million people of these six districts of West Bengal may suffer from arsenic toxicity in the near future.
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Arsenic calamity in the Indian subcontinent: What lessons have been learned?
Dipankar Chakraborti,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Kunal Paul,Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Dilip Lodh,C. R. Chanda,Kshitish Chandra Saha,Subhash Chandra Mukherjee +8 more
TL;DR: Groundwater arsenic (As) contamination in West Bengal (WB, India) was first reported in December 1983, when 63 people from three villages of two districts were identified by health officials as suffering from As toxicity, and after years of research, additional affected villages are being identified on virtually every new survey.