- Title
- Manganese in potable water of nine districts, Bangladesh: human health risk
- Creator
- Rahman, Md. Aminur; Hashem, Md. Abul; Rana, Md. Sohel; Islam, Md. Rashidul
- Relation
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research Vol. 28, Issue 33, p. 45663-45675
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14016-z
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Safe drinking water is directly linked to good human health. An excessive amount of manganese (Mn) in drinking water supplies causes people show symptoms of neurotoxicity. In this study, the level of Mn in potable water sourced from tube wells located in 9 (nine) districts of Bangladesh was monitored. In total, 170 (one hundred and seventy) water samples were collected and Mn was quantified by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The levels of Mn found in the tube well water samples of Sirajganj, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Jhenaidah, Magura, Faridpur, Jashore, Satkhira, and Khulna were 0.37–1.86, 0.10–4.11, 0.30–0.76, 0.26–0.94, 0.01–0.18, 0.21–1.78, 0.08–1.23, 0.05–0.27, and 0.01–2.11 mg/L, respectively. Results revealed that Mn level was beyond the highest contaminated levels of 0.1 mg/L and 0.4 mg/L, which are recommended by Bangladesh Drinking Standard (BDS) and World Health Organization (WHO), respectively. The maximum Mn contaminated level reached up to 4.11 mg/L (mean, 0.53 mg/L). The Mn level in tube well water exceeded 51.1% and 75.9% set by the recommended value of WHO and BDS, respectively. Furthermore, the calculated hazard quotient (HQ) value for Mn was observed to be greater than unity, indicating both children and adults risked potential non-carcinogenic health issues. The water supply authorities should take steps to provide Mn-free drinking water for communities.
- Subject
- drinking water; Manganese; tube well; human health risk; SDG 3; SDG 6; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1473567
- Identifier
- uon:49060
- Identifier
- ISSN:0944-1344
- Language
- eng
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