{"id":87213,"date":"2020-04-11T22:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14796"},"modified":"2020-04-11T22:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:55:22","slug":"uranium-contamination-in-groundwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/uranium-contamination-in-groundwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Uranium Contamination in Groundwater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>A new study conducted by the University of Manchester and Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Centre,Bihar has found uranium contaminating the groundwater in 10 districts of Bihar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Uranium:<\/strong>It is a mildly radioactive, naturally occurring element that is commonly found in rocks, soil and water.<\/li><li><strong>Uses:<\/strong> a) fuel for nuclear power reactors for electricity generation b) manufacture of radioisotopes for medical applications c) nuclear science research among others.<\/li><li><strong>Uranium acceptable limit:<\/strong>World Health Organisation(WHO) has set 30 parts per billion as the provisional safe drinking water standard for uranium.<\/li><li><strong>Reasons for Uranium Contamination:<\/strong> a) Human factors such as groundwater-table decline b) interaction of the extracted uranium with other chemicals in the groundwater c) Water-rock interactions that cause the uranium to be extracted from those rocks among others.<\/li><li><strong>Effects: <\/strong>High uranium level in drinking water is associated with kidney toxicity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Pollutants of Groundwater:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Arsenic Contamination::<\/strong> Arsenic is naturally present in the groundwater.But arsenic in inorganic form is highly toxic and can lead to severe heart diseases, cancer and diabetes.<\/li><li><strong>Fluoride Contamination:<\/strong>It causes fluorosis which affects the teeth and bones.<\/li><li><strong>Nitrate Contamination:<\/strong>It occurs due to open sewage disposal and the use of nitrogen fertilizers which can have potential health effects especially on childrens.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:A new study conducted by the University of Manchester and Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Centre,Bihar has found uranium contaminating the groundwater in 10 districts of Bihar. Facts: Uranium:It is a mildly radioactive, naturally occurring element that is commonly found in rocks, soil and water. Uses: a) fuel for nuclear power reactors for electricity generation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/uranium-contamination-in-groundwater\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uranium Contamination in Groundwater<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[2643],"class_list":["post-87213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-uranium-contamination","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}