Biomedical Letters

Arsenic Contamination in Drinking Water of District Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Amjad Hussain Memon 1*, Allah Bux Ghanghro 1, Taj Mohammad Jahangir 2, Gul Muneer Lund 3

1 Institute of Biochemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

2 Hi-tech Research Lab, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

3 School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China

Abstract

(As) as a carcinogenic involved in disease ratio it becomes a threat for the normal life. In Sindh, Pakistan, ground water become contaminated with the arsenic in large scale. Present study was conducted to reveal present situations of water toxicology Risk of metals on human health was evaluated in this study using Hazard Quotient (HQ) of Arsenic, phase wise variation revealed contamination variation with adverse potential health effects and carcinogenic risk of As was found higher than 10-6. In ours study even surface water was found contaminated with arsenic more than World Health Organization (WHO) permissible limit with ground water as well, which is alarming situation for the living communities which relies on surface water and ground water for drinking purposes, which can have potential adverse health effect on local residents of district Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. In our study finding all examined parameters found increased in Phase 2 than Phase 1 as well as Health quotient of Arsenic Chronic and Carcinogenic which may be overcome by maintain upper stream flow of river and gates regulation of Manchar Lake Regulators.

Keywords: Arsenic contamination, cancer risk, ground water, hazard quotient.

Received December19, 2015 Revised January04, 2016 Accepted January17, 2016

*Correspondence: Amjad Hussain Memon Email ahmemon05@gmail.com Contact: +92-333-2778622