Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Brief Communication
  • Published:

Reply: Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta

Nature volume 401, pages 546–547 (1999)Cite this article

Abstract

In their comments on our paper1, both Acharyya et al. and Chowdhury et al. refer to previous suggestions2,3 that iron reduction might be the source of arsenic pollution. Naming a process2, suggesting that it occurs on the basis of reasoned argument3, and providing objective evidence that it does1,4 are different things.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Nickson, R. et al. Nature 395, 338 (1998).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Mandal, B. K. Sci. Tot. Environ. 218, 185–201 (1998).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Bhattacharya, P., Chatterjee, D. & Jacks, G. Water Res. Dev. 13, 79–92 (1997).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Nickson, R. et al. Appl. Geochem. (in the press).

  5. Karim, M. et al. J. Environ. Chem. 7, 783–792 (1997).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Mott MacDonald Ltd British Geological Survey Final Report (January 1999).

  7. Maynard, D. M., Frisbie, S. H. & Hoque, B. A. NRECA Report (Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board, Dhaka, 1997).

    Google Scholar 

  8. McArthur, J. M. Mineral. Mag. 42, 221–228 (1978).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Jekel, M. R. in Arsenic in the Environment Part 1 (ed. Nriagu, J. O.) 119–132 (Wiley, New York, 1994).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Joshi, A. & Chaudhuri, M. J. Environ. Eng. 122, 769–771 (1996).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Geological Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    J. M. McArthur

Authors
  1. J. M. McArthur
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to J. M. McArthur.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

McArthur, J. Reply: Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta. Nature 401, 546–547 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/44060

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/44060

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing