Analysis of arsenic in Lahore drinking water and its impacts on public health

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dc.contributor.authorSaba Saleem
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-23T10:51:51Z
dc.date.available2018-02-23T10:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionSupervised by: Dr. Muhammad Sohail Afzalen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the time of global climate change, industrial activities and urbanization across developing nations, unavailability of safe and healthy water is increasingly noticed with possibly more terrible future environmental consequences. Lahore is among few Asian cities which are dependent on groundwater for its drinking water needs. Groundwater over-extraction, improper waste management, dumping of industrial effluents, natural disasters that leads to worse water quality and widespread decline of groundwater-tables. Arsenic is a metalize that is highly toxic and if concentration exceeds from its permissible limit then it poses serious damage to health. Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (GFAAS) is used for the analysis of arsenic in water samples. In all samples, arsenic level was more than its recommended limit of WHO. However, health reports on arsenic related health problems are very limited and people do not have any knowledge regarding arsenicosisen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2717
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Management and Technology Lahoreen_US
dc.subjectContaminationen_US
dc.subjectGFAASen_US
dc.subjectMetalloiden_US
dc.subjectMS Thesisen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of arsenic in Lahore drinking water and its impacts on public healthen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of arsenic in Lahore drinking water and its impacts on public healthen_us
dc.typeThesisen_US
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