ABSTRACT
Risk of suffering through consumption of arsenic (As) contaminated drinking water and rice grain is an area of global concern for the populations residing in arsenic-affected areas of rural Bengal. In this study, the population is presently not consuming arsenic contaminated drinking water but they are exposed to chronic arsenic toxicity. The cancer risk for the affected population highlights that the male individuals are more prone to severe health risk compared to the female individuals. The non-cancer risk assessment (through inorganic As) for both male and female individuals (HQ value) is very much higher than 1. The population not only needs to avoid the vital use of contaminated groundwater for the household (drinking, cooking) purposes but also during agricultural season to prevent the health exposure due to arsenic.
