日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会

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セッション記号 B (地球生命科学) » B-BG 地球生命科学・地圏生物圏相互作用

[B-BG01] 地球惑星科学 生命圏フロンティア

2022年6月1日(水) 11:00 〜 13:00 オンラインポスターZoom会場 (28) (Ch.28)

コンビーナ:鈴木 志野(国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構)、コンビーナ:加藤 真悟(国立研究開発法人理化学研究所)、奥村 知世(高知大学海洋コア総合研究センター)、コンビーナ:高野 淑識(海洋研究開発機構)、座長:奥村 知世(高知大学海洋コア総合研究センター)、高野 淑識(海洋研究開発機構)

11:00 〜 13:00

[BBG01-P01] Human Health Risk Assessment due to Aquifer Nitrate concentration of Laksar block of District Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

*AHTESHYAM AHTESHYAM1、Tahura Sajid1、Shaveta Shawhani1 (1.Patanjali Medical College, Haridwar India)

キーワード:Ground Water , Human Health Risk Assessment , Nitrate pollution

Groundwater contamination by nitrate is a matter of global concern and reactive nitrogen is a widespread contaminant of ground and surface water bodies worldwide. The groundwater of Block laksar district Haridwar district is mainly contaminated by nitrate-nitrogen. Nitrate contamination associated with N-based fertilizers use, geology of sub-surface, pit latrines, sewerage,
industrial effluents, and manure storage. The study aims to investigate the possible healthnhazards in local residents of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India due to presence of high nitrate inbthe groundwater of study area. Amount of nitrate in ground water of Haridwar region in ranges between 0.1 - 89mgL -1 . Some locations showed the high level of nitrate than the safenlimits as decided by the Bureau of Indian standards (higher than 45 mgL -1 ) and World Health Organization (50 mg L -1 ). There is a strong and direct relation between drinking water nitrate ingestion and associated health risks like methemoglobinemia (Blue baby syndrome) among infants and specific type of cancer. The crude current rate of cancer in Uttarakhand is 91(incident rate per 100000 in 2016). Nearly 59 deaths are reported due to cancer only in Haridwar district during the year 2018-19. People who consume high nitrate have a higher risk of Cardio Vascular Disease, Inflammatory Arthritis and enlargement of Thyroid gland.
The study tends to show that the people of block laksar Haridwar district are at risk of chronic toxicity due to excess intake of nitrate in drinking water. Therefore, this is call to take some immediate preventive measures to safeguard the health of local residents.