Arsenic is one of the major contaminants of Groundwater in India today, posing a severe health risk to a majority of the population.
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The School of Environmental Studies - Jadavpur University (SOES-JU), has done path-breaking research in reporting and documenting the issue of Arsenic contamination in the country. In 2003, SOES-JU reported arsenic groundwater contamination in Bihar in the Middle Ganga plain, and recently reported arsenic groundwater contamination in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand states in Gangetic plain of India.