Removal of Carcinogenic Arsenic from Drinking Water By the Application of Ion Exchange Resins

Abstract

Water is the most important source for the sustainability of life. By the increase in the quality of drinking water, life span of the human has increased. Increase in the quality of drinking water is supplied by the removal of toxic contents that are going into the drinking water by either natural ways or by anthropogenic sources. Within the most common toxic materials in water are the trace metals and one of the most important metals in water is arsenic. Organic arsenic species are mostly encountered in the shellfish whereas more toxic inorganic arsenic species get involved in the drinking water by the dissolution of geological formations or as a result of the anthropogenic sources [1, 2]. Trace concentrations of arsenic is vital for hamsters, goats and chickens however, according to the determinations of IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer), with the increase of the concentration it becomes toxic and carcinogenic [3-6]. Due to these hazardous effects, Removal of Carcinogenic Arsenic from Drinking Water By the Application of Ion Exchange Resins Sevtap Karakurt1, Erol Pehlivan1 and Serdar karakurt2*