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Paula Ravenscroft

University Health Network
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Arsenic in groundwater: a threat to sustainable agriculture in South and South-east Asia

H Brammer, P Ravenscroft - Environment international, 2009 - Elsevier
… The map shows the probability (P) of a well drilled to a depth of < 150 m having a concentration
> 50 ppb As. After Ravenscroft et al. (2005). Projection: Bangladesh Transverse Mercator…

Arsenic in groundwater: testing pollution mechanisms for sedimentary aquifers in Bangladesh

JM McArthur, P Ravenscroft, S Safiulla… - Water Resources …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In the deltaic plain of the Ganges‐Meghna‐Brahmaputra Rivers, arsenic concentrations in
groundwater commonly exceed regulatory limits (>50 µg L −1 ) because FeOOH is microbially …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic poisoning of Bangladesh groundwater

…, J McArthur, W Burgess, KM Ahmed, P Ravenscroft… - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
In Bangladesh and West Bengal, alluvial Ganges aquifers used for public water supply are
polluted with naturally occurring arsenic, which adversely affects the health of millions of …

Evolution of Ganges–Brahmaputra western delta plain: clues from sedimentology and carbon isotopes

…, S Sengupta, JM McArthur, P Ravenscroft… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
Sedimentology, carbon isotope and sequence stratigraphic analysis of subsurface sediments
from western part of Ganges–Brahmaputra (GB) delta plain shows that a Late Quaternary …

Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal

RT Nickson, JM McArthur, P Ravenscroft… - Applied …, 2000 - Elsevier
In some areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, concentrations of As in groundwater exceed
guide concentrations, set internationally and nationally at 10 to 50 μg l −1 and may reach …

Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications

…, R Mishra, R Purohit, P Ravenscroft… - Applied …, 2004 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the mechanism of As release to anoxic ground water in alluvial aquifers,
the authors sampled ground waters from 3 piezometer nests, 79 shallow (<45 m) wells, …

[BOOK][B] Arsenic pollution: a global synthesis

P Ravenscroft, H Brammer, K Richards - 2009 - books.google.com
Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of
arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, …

Relationship between the appearance of symptoms and the level of nigrostriatal degeneration in a progressive 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine …

…, S Dovero, C Prunier, P Ravenscroft… - Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
… Significant difference compared with D0, p < 0.05; +significant difference compared with the
previous group,p < 0.05. C, Examples of cell-counting maps showing the typical patterns of …

Arsenic in groundwater of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Distribution, field relations, and hydrogeological setting

P Ravenscroft, WG Burgess, KM Ahmed, M Burren… - Hydrogeology …, 2005 - Springer
Arsenic contaminates groundwater across much of southern, central and eastern Bangladesh.
Groundwater from the Holocene alluvium of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna …

Rotigotine polyoxazoline conjugate SER‐214 provides robust and sustained antiparkinsonian benefit

…, K Yoon, R Weimer, P Ravenscroft… - Movement …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Currently available dopaminergic drugs such as levodopa and dopamine (DA) receptor
agonists impart considerable improvement in Parkinson's disease (PD) motor symptoms but …