ABSTRACT
In the entire world, about 300 million populations are exposed to arsenic poisoning in groundwater. In Bihar, India about 10 million people are drinking arsenic contaminated water. Study on 1500 cancer patients was carried out to know the correlation between cancer and arsenic contamination. The study showed significant correlation between arsenic toxicity and cancer incidences in the exposed population. High blood arsenic concentration was observed in the samples of cancer patients. The number of incidences is very high in the Gangetic zone in comparison to non-Gangetic zone. Unfortunately, the arsenic contamination in the ground water has also been maximum reported in the Gangetic zone. Hence, urgent strategy to control the disease burden is required.
