The problem of arsenic in India is due to?

Overexploitation of surface water inaffected areas
Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in land
Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas

LohaHridoy

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2025-01-04 04:42

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AhmedNazir

Answer: Option 4

Being heavy the concentration of arsenic in the lower levels of underground water keeps on increasing, As the water table shrinks the concentration of Arsenic increases automatically which is hazardous to health, e.g. in Ganga Brahmaputra basin.

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