Abundant Environmental Arsenic Contamination: Some Statistical Perspectives

There is a severe impact of the current abundant environmental contamination and toxic pollution on ecology as well as our life sustaining resources: drinkable and safely usable water, respirable air, untainted and edible food, and renewable and affordable energy. Population explosion (particularly, in East and South Asia, including India and China), escalating industrialization, immeasurable volume of industrial, human and e-wastes, inadequate sanitary safeguards, our modern life-style, and geo-political undercurrents are threatening a safe propagation of human health and life on earth. Of special interest is the sub-soil and surface water arsenic contamination’s deleterious impact on human health and quality of life. Socio-economic, familial and environmental undercurrents are persistent in this respect. A statistical appraisal along with a quantifying contamination severity index constitute the primary objective of this study.