SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Brief statement of the aims and purposes of the School

The purpose of the School of Environmental Studies is to induce awareness of and offer solutions to solve the environmental problems affecting human life. The School provides scientific information to common people, industry, local government and the central government about some of the present environmental problems (e.g., groundwater contamination from arsenic and fluoride, metal toxicity from industrial effluents) and suggests steps to combat the situation.
The School is a self funded organization. It does not accept aid from international aid agencies, NGOs or the local or central government. It runs on the basis of its own earnings. To date, its total earnings have been approximately Rs.2 crores.

A brief history

The School was founded in 1989. Up to 1996, it relied on external funds for its development. Since 1997, it has been an entirely self-financed institute.
The School has highlighted the arsenic groundwater problem in West Bengal, Rajnandangaon (Madhya Pradesh) and Bangladesh, and the fluorosis problem in Assam. It has also highlighted the arsenic groundwater problem caused by industry, and the lead pollution problem caused by industries within Calcutta.

The admin1istrative / academic structure of the School

The Vice-Chancellor is the Chairman of the School. There is an Academic Committee with the Registrar, Finance Officer and 20 members working on environmental matters. The administration is in the hands of a Director.
Total number of students,staffs (technical,non-technical and field workers) are 20

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Infrastructural Facilities
Research Projects
Seminar/Conferences
International/National links
Consultancy Services
Inventions/Patents
Extension Activities
Other Highlights
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Programmes offered by the school

Ph.D.and Post doctoral

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Infrastructural facilities

No. of books: more than 2000.

No. of journals: 3. Of these, Analytical Abstract is provided gratis by the Royal Society (UK) as an appreciation of the work done by SOES.

No. of computers: 5

The laboratory is highly equipped for water analysis. The total assets of the School are worth more than Rs.2 crores.

SOES has established a very sophisticated analytical laboratory, whose most important instrument FI-HG-QT-AAS (Flow Injection Hydride Generation Quartz Tube
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) has been assembled here after buying the parts. Thus the instrument has been made at 1/3 of the original price.

SOES has also a well-equipped Microbiological Laboratory.

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Research projects

No. of ongoing projecrts: From 1997, the SOES has not been accepting any national and international projects or funds, but has proceeded entirely on its own activity-generated income.
No. of completed projects with total outlay: Rs. 10 lakhs (for three years before 1998)

Major thrust areas

Arsenic groundwater contamination
Fluoride groundwater contamination
Industrial pollution

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Seminar /conferences

No. of members who attended national seminar conferences in last 3 years.: 5

No. of members who attended international conferences during last 3 years: 10

The School of Environmental Studies jointly with Dhaka Community Hospital, Bangladesh, organized an international conference on "Arsenic pollution of groundwater in Bangladesh : Causes, Effects and Remedies", February 6-8, 1998, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

(An earlier international conference on the subject was held in Kolkata in 1995.)

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International / national links

Both Indian and overseas students and staff come to our school for training and study. The overseas trainees have included members of Harvard University and Caltech, and from Japan, Bangladesh and Canada. We have earned a few lakhs of rupees providing training to international bodies.

National / international recognition received by faculty

a. An award of US $7000.00 [=Rs.3 lakhs] to the Director from Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in appreciation for the efforts of SOES for the arsenical problem in Bangladesh. The Director has donated the amount to SOES.

b. The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, is donating Analytical Abstract (yearly subscription Rs.52,000). free of cost in appreciation of the work of the School on the arsenic problem.

c. The Director was invited by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, to deliver the Professor Bal Dattatreya Tilak Lecture (1999) for his contribution towards identifying the problem of arsenic pollution and its health implications in rural West Bengal and developing inexpensive remedial techniques

d. The Director received a Netel Gas Chromatograph and cash award of Rs.1.5 lakhs as reward for helping the company make a modification of their instrument. The money has been donated to SOES.

e. Director of SOES is advisor to Asia Arsenic Network, Japan; CSIRO (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), Australia; Public Health Department, Harvard University, USA in their arsenic projects.

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Consultancy services

Rs. 15 lakhs (approx.) has been earned in this way so far.

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No. of inventions / patents

School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University jointly with Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi had made three national patents and already filed for three International (Bangladesh) patents:

(a) A composition useful for the removal of arsenic from water and tablets/capsules made from the said composition.
Inventors: Dipankar Chakraborti, Dipankar Das, Amit Chatterjee, Gautam Samanta

(b) A composition useful for making a water filter candle, and water filter candle made there of.
Inventors: Dipankar Chakraborti, Dipankar Das, Amit Chatterjee, Gautam Samanta

(c) An improved process for the removal of arsenic from water.
Inventors: Dipankar Chakraborti, Dipankar Das, Amit Chatterjee, Gautam Samanta

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Details of extension activities over last 3 years:

The School's work in the fields of arsenic contamination, fluoride contamination and industrial pollution involve not only extensive field work but direct interaction with the common people of the rural and industrial belts. Its research work is inseparable from efforts to train local voluntary personnel, publicise its remedial measures and inculcate preventive measures to improve the quality of life. Its work is thus simultaneously of a scientific and social nature.

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Any other highlights

i. The School has attracted both national and international attention by its sustained research on the arsenic menace in groundwater.

ii. The School through its activities collected a seed fund of Rs. 30 lakhs. This entire sum has been made over to the University as a donation, under a simple condition that the interest on the money is to be spent for the maintenance of the SOES including the salary of its employees.

iii. The SOES, jointly with the School of Water Resource Engineering, is the Eastern Regional Centre for the National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board. The Director of SOES is the Joint Co-ordinator of the whole project. It has so far received grants of about Rs.1 crore and paid 10% of this as overhead charges to Jadavpur University It has already published more than 30 Wasteland Management Reports under this project and held more than 40 workshops involving common people.

iv. SOES is (a) providing training to students from many universities all over the world and (b) providing training to technical persons. This training is another source of income for the School.

v. SOES is working on the arsenic groundwater problem of West Bengal and analysing arsenic free of cost for villagers. So far Rs.25 lakhs had been spent by SOES on free water analysis for villagers.

vi. The School's documentary film on the arsenic menace has been nominated for the 'Green Oscar'.

vii. SOES provides sewing machines, opens grocery shops etc. as financial support to families whose only earning member has died owing to arsenic poisoning. This money given is not as charity but as a loan.

viii. The groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and the consequent suffering of the people was first highlighted by SOES. This role of the School was acknowledged by the New York Times (10 Nov. 1998).

ix. SOES is also working on air pollution in Kolkata and industrial pollution in and around Kolkata. From time to time, it warns and informs people about their environment problems by publishing articles in daily newspapers.

x. The School is working on the fluoride groundwater problem and sufferings of people in Birbhum district of West Bengal for last 3 years and also, for the last one year, in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.

xi. SOES has stopped the students' practice of writing on the university walls University by providing 40 concrete poster stands (8' x 3') in the Jadavpur University campus. The SOES has also made a garden in front of C.E.T. Canteen.

xii. The School of Environmental Studies is totally now self-sufficient financially on the basis of its own earnings.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

SOES list of publications on Groundwater arsenic pollution in West Bengal-India (W)

W1. Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal: The biggest arsenic calamity in the world. D.Das, Amit Chatterjee, G.Samanta, D.Chakraborti, et. al.,
The Analyst, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 119 (12) Dec.1994, N-168-N-170.y

W2. Arsenic in Ground Water in Six Districts of West Bengal, India: The Biggest Arsenic Calamity in the World Part 1. Arsenic Species in drinking water and urine of the affected people
Amit Chatterjee, Dipankar Das, Badal K. Mandal, Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Gautam Samanta & Dipankar Chakraborti. The Analyst, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 120, 3, 643-650, 1995.

W3. Arsenic in Ground Water in Six Districts of West Bengal, India: The Biggest Arsenic Calamity in the World. Part 2. Arsenic concentration in drinking water, hair, nails, urine, skin-scale and liver tissue (biopsy) of the affected people.
Dipankar Das, Amit Chatterjee, Badal Mandal, Gautam Samanta, Bhabatosh Chanda & Dipankar Chakraborti. The Analyst, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 120,3, 917-924, 1995

W4. Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal, India.
Dipankar Das, Gautam Samanta, Badal Kumar Mondal, Chitta R. Chanda, Partha Pratim Chowdhury, Gautam Kumar Basu & Dipankar Chakraborti.
Environmental Geochemistry & Health, 18(1), 5-15,1996.

W5. Arsenic in groundwater in seven districts of West Bengal, India-The biggest arsenic calamity in the world.
Badal K.Mandal, Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Gautam Samanta, Gautam K.Basu, Partha Pratim Chowdhury, Chitta R. Chanda, Dilip Lodh, Nirmal K.Karan, Ratan K.Dhar, Dipak K.Tamili, Dipankar Das, K.C.Saha & D.Chakraborti.
Current Science, 70(11), 976-986, June 1996.

W6. Arsenic in groundwater in six districts of West Bengal, India-the biggest arsenic calamity in the world: the status report up to August 1995. Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Badal Kr. Mandal, Gautam Samanta, Gautam Kr. Basu, Partha P. Chowdhury, Chitta R.Chanda, Nirmal Kr.Karan, Dilip Lodh, Ratan Kr.Dhar, Dipankar Das, K.C.Saha and Dipankar Chakraborti.
Book: Arsenic: Exposure and health effects, Edited by C.O.Abernathy, R.L. Calderon and W.R. Chappell Chapter 9: 91-111, 1997; Publisher: Chapman & Hall.

W7. Non-cancer Effects of Chronic Arsenicosis with Special Reference to Liver Damage.
D. N. Guha Mazumder, J. Das Gupta, A. Santra, A. Pal, A. Ghose, S. Sarkar, N. Cattopadhaya and D. Chakraborti. Book: Arsenic: Exposure and health effects, Edited by C.O.Abernathy, R.L. Calderon and W.R. Chappell, Chapter 10:112-123, 1997; Publisher: Chapman & Hall.

W8. Chronic arsenic toxicity in West Bengal.
B.K. Mandal, T. Roy Chowdhury, G.Samanta, G.K.Basu, P.P.Chowdhury, C.R.Chanda,D.Lodh, N.K.Karan, R.K.Dhar, D.T.Tamili, D.Das, K.C.Saha and D.Chakraborti.
Current Science, 72(2), 114-117, 1997.

W9. Impact of safe water for drinking and cooking on five arsenic affected families for 2 years in West Bengal, India. B.K. Mandal, T. Roy Chowdhury, G. Samanta, D.P. Mukherjee, C.R. Chanda, K.C.Saha and D. Chakraborti, Science of the Total Environment, 218, 185-201, 1998.

W10. Arsenic levels in drinking water and the prevalence of skin lesions in West Bengal, India
D.N. Guha Mazumder, R. Haque, N. Ghosh, B.K. De, A. Santra, D. Chakraborti and A. H. Smith, International Journal of Epidemiology, 27: 871-877, 1998.

W11. Groundwater arsenic contamination and sufferings of people in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh: status report up to March 1998. B.K. Mandal, B.K. Biswas, R.K. Dhar, T.Roy Chowdhury, G.Samanta. G.K.Basu, C.R.Chanda, K.C.Saha, S.Kabir, S. Roy and D. Chakraborti
Book: Metals and Genetics, Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 3: 41-65, 1999

W12. Flow Injection Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for determination of
arsenic in water and biological samples from arsenic affected districts of west Bengal, India and Bangladesh. Samanta, T. Roy Chowdhury, B. K. Mandal, B.K. Biswas, U.K. Chowdhury, G.K. Basu, R. Chanda, D. Lodh and D. Chakraborti. Microchem J. 62/1 (1999) P-174-191.

W13. Arsenic groundwater contamination and sufferings of people in Rajnandgaon district, Madhya Pradesh, India. D.Chakraborti, B.K.Biswas, T.Roy Chowdhury, G.K. Basu, B.K. Mandal, U. K. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukherjee, J.P. Gupta, S.R. Chowdhury, K.C. Rathore. Current Science, 77(4), 502-504, 1999.

W14. Arsenic Orphans. Dipankar Chakraborti.
Banabithi, Environmental Special Issue, Department of Environment & Forest, Government of West Bengal, India, June, 1999, p7-16.

W15. Chronic Arsenic Toxicity: Epidemiology, Natural History and Treatment.
D.N. Guha Mazumder, B.K. De, A. Santra, J. Dasgupta, N. Ghosh, B.K. Roy, U.C. Ghoshal, J. Saha, A. Chatterjee, S. Dutta, R. Haque, A.H. Smith, D. Chakraborty, C.R. Angle, J.A. Centeno. Book: Arsenic: Exposure and health effects, Edited by W.R. Chappell, C.O.Abernathy, R.L. Calderon, 335-347, 1999; Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam-Lausanne-New York-Oxford-Tokyo.

W16. Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal-India.
U.K. Chowdhury, B. K. Biswas, T. Roy Chowdhury, G. Samanta, B. K. Mandal, G. K. Basu, C.R. Chanda, D. Lodh, K. C. Saha, S. C. Mukherjee, S. Roy, S. Kabir, Q. Quamruzzaman and D. Chakraborti. Environmental Health Perspective, 108: 393-397, 2000.

W17. HPLC-ICP-MS for speciation of arsenic compounds in urine. G. Samanta, U. K.Chowdhury, B.K. Mandal, N. Chandra Sekaran, H. Tokunaga, M. Ando and D. Chakraborti. Microchemical Journal, 65(2): 113-127, 2000.

W18. Arsenic in drinking water and the prevalence of respiratory effects in West Bengal, India. Guha Mazumder DN, Haque R., Ghosh N, De BK, Santra A, Chakraborty D, Smith AH. International Journal of Epidemiology 2000: 29: 1047-1052.

W19. Groundwater arsenic calamity in West Bengal-India and Bangladesh.
U.K. Chowdhury, B.K. Biswas, G.Samanta, B.K. Mandal, T. Roy Chowdhury, R. K. Dhar, G. K. Basu, C. R.Chanda, K. C. Saha, S. Roy, S. Kabir and D. Chakraborti.
Book: Bioavailability and its potential role in risk assessment, Publisher: John Wiley, 2000

W20. Arsenic groundwater contamination and sufferings of people in West Bengal-India and
Bangladesh. U. K. Chowdhury, B. K. Biswas, T. Roy Chowdhury, B. K. Mandal, G. Samanta, G. K. Basu, C.R. Chanda, D.Lodh, K.C. Saha, D. Chakraborti S.C. Mukherjee, S.Roy, S. Kabir, Q. Quamruzzaman. Book: Trace Elements in Man and Animal, Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 2000

SOES list of publications on Groundwater arsenic pollution in Bangladesh (B)

B1. Groundwater arsenic calamity in Bangladesh
Ratan K. Dhar, Bhajan Kr. Biswas, Gautam Samanta, Badal Kr.Mandal, D. Chakraborti, Shibtosh Roy, Abu Jafar, Ariful Islam, Gulshan Ara, Saiful Kabir, A. Wadud Khan, S. Akther Ahmed and S. Abdul Hadi. Current Science, 73(1), 48-59, 1997

B2. Detailed study report of Samta one of the arsenic affected villages of Jessore district, Bangladesh. Bhajan K. Biswas, Ratan K. Dhar, Gautam Samanta, Badal K. Mandal, Imtiaz Faruk, Kazi Saiful Islam, Md. Moniruzzaman Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam and Shibtosh Roy and Dipankar Chakraborti. Current Science, 74(2), 134-145, 1998

B3. Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta.
T. Roy Chowdhury, G. K. Basu, B. K. Mandal, B. K. Biswas, U.K.Chowdhury, C. R. Chanda, D. Lodh, S. L. Roy, K. C. Saha, S. Roy, S. Kabir, Q. Quamruzzaman and D. Chakraborti, Nature, 401, 545-547, 1999.

B4. Groundwater arsenic contamination and sufferings of people in Bangladesh
U.K. Chowdhury, B. K. Biswas, R. K. Dhar, G. Samanta, B.K. Mandal, T.Roy Chowdhury, D. Chakraborti, S. Kabir, S. Roy
Book: Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, Edited by W. R. Chappell, C.O.Abernathy, R.L.
Calderon, 165-182, 1999; Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam-Lausanne-New York-Oxford-Tokyo.

B5. Possible arsenic contamination free groundwater source in Bangladesh.
D. Chakraborti, B.K. Biswas, G.K. Basu, U.K. Chowdhury, T. Roy Chowdhury, D. Lodh, C.R. Chanda, B.K. Mandal, G. Samanta, A. K. Chakraborti, M.M. Rahaman, S.Roy, S. Kabir, B.Ahmed, R. Das, M. Salim and Q. Quamruzzaman, J. Surface Sci. Technol. Vol. 15, Nos. 3-4, 179-187, 1999.

B6. Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh.
B.K. Biswas, U.K. Chowdhury, M.M. Rahman, K. Paul, G. Samanta, T. Roy Chowdhury, B.K. Mandal, C.R. Chanda, G.K. Basu, D. Lodh, R.K. Dhar, S. Roy, Q. Quamruzzaman, S.C. Mukherjee and D. Chakraborti
Book: Environmental toxicology of metals and metalloids - environmental chemistry, toxicology and health, Australia, 2001 (in press)

SOES list of publications on Industrial Pollution (IP)

IP1. Environmental Pollution & Chronic Arsenicosis in South Calcutta, West Bengal.
D.N. Guha Mazumder, J. Das Gupta, A.K. Chakraborty, A.Chatterjee, D .Das & D. Chakraborti;
Bulletin of World Health Organization, 70 (4) (1992) 481-485.

IP2. A Study of Ground Water Contamination by Arsenic in the Residential Area of Behala,
Calcutta due to Industrial Pollution.
Amit Chatterjee, Dipankar Das & D.Chakraborti; Environmental Pollution; 80 (1)(1993) 57-65.

IP3. Calcutta Pollution: Part V. Lead and other heavy metal contamination in a residential area from
a factory producing lead-ingots and lead-alloys.
Gopal Samanta, Amit Chatterjee, Dipankar Das, Gautam Samanta, Partha P. Chowdhury,
C. R. Chanda & D. Chakraborti. Environmental Technology, Volume 16, (1995) 223-231.

IP4. Flow Injection Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FI-HG-AAS) and
Spectrophotometric Methods for Determination of Lead in Environmental Samples
Gautam Samanta and Dipankar Chakraborti. Environmental Technology, 17, 1327-1337, 1996

IP5. Calcutta's industrial pollution: Groundwater arsenic contamination in a residential area and
sufferings of people due to industrial effluent discharge - An eight-year study report
D. Chakraborti, G. Samanta, B.K. Mandal, T. Roy Chowdhury, C.R. Chanda,
B.K. Biswas, R.K. Dhar, G.K. Basu and K.C. Saha, Current Science 74(4), 346-355, 1998.

SOES list of publications on Air Pollution in Calcutta (C)

C1. Calcutta Pollutants: Part I
Appraisal of some heavy metals in Calcutta city sewage and sludge in use for fisheries and Agriculture. D.Chakraborti, D.Ghosh and S.Niyogi;
Int. J. Env. Anal Chemistry 30 (1987) 243-253.

C2. Calcutta Pollutants: Part II
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon & Metal Concentration on Air Particulate during winter 1984.
D.Chakraborti, L.Van Vaeek & P.Ven Espen Int.J.Env.Anal. Chemistry 32 (1)(1988) 109-120.

C3. Calcutta Pollutants: Part III
Toxic Metals in Dust and Characterization of Individual Aerosol Particles
D. Chakraborti and B.Raeymackers; Int. J. Env. Anal Chemistry 32 (1) (1988) 121-134.

C4. Calcutta's Environment. D.Chakraborti in Calcutta, The Living city,
Volume-II Edited by Sukanta Chowdhury. Oxford University Press, 1990

C5. Direct Determination of Some Heavy Metals in Urban Air Particulate by Electrothermal
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using Zeeman Background Correction after Simple Acid Decomposition. Part IV: Application to Calcutta Air Particulate. D.Chakraborti, Dipankar Das, Amit Chatterjee, Zhao Jin and S.G. Jiang; Environmental Technology; 13 (1993) 95-100.

C6. Calcutta Environmental Profile: Air Pollution - D.Chakraborti in Managing Urban Environment in India: Towards an Agenda for Action, Volume-III, Industry, Energy Transport and Air.
Edited by K.C.Sivaramakrishnan, Times Research Foundation, 1993.

C7. Preliminary Estimation of Tetraalkyllead Compounds (TAL) in Calcutta City Air.
D.Das,A.Chatterjee,G.Samanta & D.Chakraborti;Chem.Environ.Res.(3)(1993)279-287

C8. Calcutta Pollution: Part V. Lead and other heavy metal contamination in a residential area from a factory producing lead-ingots and lead-alloys.
Gopal Samanta, Amit Chatterjee, Dipankar Das, Gautam Samanta, Partha P. Chowdhury, C. R. Chanda & D. Chakraborti.
Environmental Technology, Volume 16, (1995) 223-231.

C9. Determination of Benzene, Tolluene and Xylene in ambient air of Calcutta for three years during winter.
Gautam Chattopadhyay, Gautam Samanta, Suparna Chatterjee and Dipankar Chakraborti.
Environmental Technology, 18, 211-218, 1997.

10. Calcutta in Pollution Perspective
Dipankar Chakraborti
World Transport Policy & Practice, Volume 3, Number 3, 1997, 15-23.

C11. Air pollution in Calcutta during winter - A three-year study
Gautam Samanta, Gautam Chattopadhyay, Badal K. Mandal, Dipankar Das, Tarit Roy
Chowdhury, Partha P. Chowdhury, Chitta R. Chanda, Prabal Banerjee, Dilip Lodh and
D. Chakraborti. Current Science, Vol. 75 No. 2, 1998.

C12. Determination of particular phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of Calcutta for three years during winter
Gautam Chattopadhyay, Gautam Samanta, Suparna Chatterjee and Dipankar Chakraborti
Environmental Technology, Vol. 19, pp 873-882, 1998.

List of publications on Environmental Analytical Chemistry (E)

E1. The determination of arsenic by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with a graphite furnace. Part 2. Determination of arsenic (III) and arsenic (V) after extraction.
D. Chakraborti, W. De Jonghe and F. Adams
Analytica Chimica Acta, 120 (1980) 121-127

E2. The determination of Arsenic electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry in graphite
furnace. Part-I. Difficulties in determination.
D. Chakraborti, W.De Jonghe & F.Adams; Anal. Chi Acta, 19 (1980) 331-340.

E3. Determination of nitrogen oxides in gases V determination of nitrogen dioxide using nitrate ion selective electrode.
M.Valentove, D.Chakraborti & L.Sucha;
Sb. Vys. Anal. Chem. 15 (1980) 91-101 Chem. Abstr. 95: 102176r.

E4. Determination of Fluoride in Atmosphere III. Applicability of sampling devices designed for weekly replacement of absorption solutions.
L.Kabart, D.Chakraborti and L.Sucha;
Sh.Vys. Anal. Chem. (CSSR), 15 (1980) 129-140 Chem. Abstr. 94: 102177s.

E5. GC/GF-AAS as a metal specific detection system for tetraalkyllead compound.
W.De Jonghe, D.Chakraborti and F.Adams; Anal. Chim. Acta. 115 (1980) 89-90.

E6. An efficient sampling method for the determination of Tetraalkyllead compounds in air by the GC-AAS technique.
W.De Jonghe, D.Chakraborti and F.Adams; Anal. Chem. 52 (1980) 1974-78.

E7. Identification and determination of Individual Tetraalkyllead species in air.
W.De.Donhe, D.Chakraborti and F.Adams;
Environ. Science and Technology, 15 (1981) 1217-1222.

E8. Analytical and biochemical aspects of the transformation of arsenic and selenium compounds.
K.J.Irgolic, C. Banks, N.R.Bottino, D.H.O. Brien, D.Chakraborti, R.A.Pyles, R.A.Stockton and R.A.Zingaro
National Bureau of Standards special publication of environmental speciation and monitoring needs for trace metal containing rom sbstances from NBS, Series No. 618 (1981) 244-263.

E9. Hitachi Zeeman Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer as a Selenium Specific Detector for Ion Chromatography: Separation and Determination of Selenite and Selenate
Dipankar Chakraborti, Daniel C.J. Hillman, Kurt J. Irgolic and Ralph A.
Zingaro Journal of Chromatograph, 249 (1982) 81-92

E10. Decomposition of materials containing traces of Arsenic and its determination.
D.Chakraborti, M.Valentove and L.Sucha;
Sb. Vy.Sko. Chimicko, Technologiske Analytika Chem., H17 (1982) 31-42.

E11. Polarographic determination of Arsenic, Arsenate, CH ASO H and (CH ) AsOOH
after separation by extraction/ion-exchange and conversion to arsenate.
D.Chakraborti & K.J.Irgolic proceedings of the International conference on
"Heavy Metals in the Environment", Heidelberg, W. Germany, September 6-9,
(1983); P. 1204-1207, Publisher CEP consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, London.

E12. Simultaneous inductively coupled Argon Plasma emission Spectrometer as a multielement specific detector for high-pressure liquid Chromatography: The determination of Arsenic, Selenium and Phosphorus compounds.
K. J. Irgolic, R.A. Stockton and D.Chakraborti; Spectrochim. Acta 38(B) (1983) 437-445.

E13. Arsenic: Industrial, Bio-medical, Environmental perspective,
W.H. Lederer and R.J. Fensterheim
Editors: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, New York (1983), P 282-308.
K.J. Irgolic, R. A. Stooton and D.Chakraborti.

E14. Determination of ionic alkyllead compounds in water by Gas Chromatography/Atomic
Absorption Spectrometry.
D.Chakraborti, W.R.A.De Jonghe, W.E.Van Mol, R.J.A.Van Cleuvenbergen and F.C.Adams;
Anal. Chem. 56 (1984), 2692-2706.

E15. Matrix interference's in arsenic determination by GFAAS: Recommendations for the
Determination of arsenic in water sample.
D.Chakraborti, F.Adams and K.J.Irgolic
Int. J. of Env. Anal. Chem. 17 (1984) 241-256.

E16. Determination of arsenite in water samples by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry after extraction with Ammonium Secbutyldithiophosphate.
D.Chakraborti, F.Adams & K.J. Irgolic;
J. Ass. Off. Anal. Chemists 67(2) (1984) 277-280.

E17. Determination of Arsenic and Arsenate by Differential Pulse Polarography
Dipankar Chakraborti, Randy L. Nichols, and Kurt J. Irgolic
Fresenius Z. Anal Chem (1984) 319: 248-251

E18. Pollution profile of Damodar river sediment in Ranigunj Durgapur industrial belt, West
Bengal, India.
A.K.De, A.K.Sen, M.R.Karim, K.J.Irgolic, D.Chakraborti & R.A.Stockton;
Env. International 11 (1985), 453-458.

E19. Detection and determination of organic selenium and tellurium compounds, Chapter 4
Wiley interscience publication (London). Organic Se/Te compounds, (1985), Vol.1,
P 141-168, K.J. Irgolic & D. Chakraborti.

E20. Speciation of ionic organolead compounds in the biosphere.
R. Van Cleuvenbergen, D. Chakraborti and F. Adams
Commission of the European Communities "Air Pollution Research Report 2"
Edited by G. Angeletti and G. Restelli, D. Reidel Publishing Company, (1986)

E21. Occurrence of Tri and Dialkyllead species in environmental water
R.J.A.Van Cleuvenbergen, D.Chakraborti and F.Adams;
Env. Sci. & Technology 20 (6) (1986) 589-593.

E22. A Compound-Specific Method for Determination of Arsenite at Sub-Nanogram
Concentration in Fresh Water and Sea Water by Hydride Generation dc-helium Emission
Spectrometry;
D.Chakraborti, K.J.Irogolic and F.Adams; Z.Anal Chem 323 (1986) 334-344.

E23. Determination of Trace Metals in Natural Waters at ng/L lever by GF-AAS after Extraction with Na-DDTC.
D.Chakraborti, F.Adams, W.Van Mol, K.J.Irogolic; Anal. Chem. Acta 196 (1987) 23-31.

E24. Speciation of ionic alkyllead in potable water and soil
D. Chakraborti, W. Dirkx, R. Van Cleuvenbergen and F. Adams
The Science of the Total Environment, 84 (1989) 249-257

E25. Direct Determination of Lead in Human Blood and Selenium,Cadmium,Copper,Zinc in Serum by ET-AAS Unsing Zeeman Background Correction.
Z.Jin, J.Shougui, Chen. Shikun, J.Desen and D.Chakraborti;
F.J. Anal Chem. 337 (1990) 877-881.

E26. Speciation and Determination of Tetraalkyllead Compounds in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.
D. Chakraborti, M.R.Brunetto, J.L. Gurguera and M.Burguera
Atomic Spectroscopy; 13 (4) (1992) 123-126.

E27. Gas Chromatography-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (GC-AAS) for Specific Determination Organolead Compound in the Environment.
D. Chakratorti, Chemical and Environmental Research; 1 (1) (1992) 3-12.

E28. Analysis of Standard Reference Materials after Microwave-oven Digestion in
Open Vessels Using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with
Zeeman-Effect Background Correction
D. Chakraborti, J.L. Burguera and M. Burguera.
Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry 347 (1993) 233-237.

E29. Selenium Speciation by High-performance Liquid Chromatograph-Fraction Collection
Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry: Optimization of Critical Parameters
Francisco Laborda, Dipankar Chakraborti, Jose M. Mir and Juan R. Castillo;
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry; 8 (6) (1993) 643-648.

E30. Evaluation of Flow-Injection in Lead Hydride Generation-Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry
Yolanda Madrid, Dipankar Chakraborti and Carmen Camara.
Mikrochimica Acta, 120, (1995) 63-72.

E31. On-line Speciation of Se (VI), Se (IV), and Trimthylselenium by HPLC-
Microwave Oven-Hydride Generation-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
M.G. Cobo-Fernandez, M. A. Palacios, D.Chakraborti, C.Camara
Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 351 (1995) 438-442.

E32. Flow Injection atomic absorption spectrometry for the standardization of
arsenic, lead and mercury in environmental and biological standard reference materials
Gautam Samanta and Dipankar Chakraborti
Fresenius J. Analytical Chemistry, 357, 7, 827-832, 1997.

E33. Fluorosis in Assam - India. D. Chakraborti, C.R. Chanda, G. Samanta, U. K. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukherjee, A.B. Pal, B. Sharma, K.J. Mahanta, H.A. Ahmed and B. Sing. Current Science, 2000

Chapters in Books and Monographs of Dipankar Chakraborti [I]

I1. Spectrophotometry - An analytical tool - Part I.
D. Chakraborti. Sarabhai M. Chemicals: Technical News Service, India, Vol. IX, No. 4,1977.

I2. Spectrophotometry - An analytical tool - Part II
D. Chakraborti. Sarabhai M. Chemicals: Technical News Service, India, Vol. IX, No. 4, 1977.

I3. Analytical and biochemical aspects of the transformation of arsenic and selenium compounds.
K. J. Irgolic, C. Banks, N.R. Bottino, D.H. O. Brien, D. Chakraborti, R.A. Pyles, R.A. Stockton & A. Zingaro. National Bureau of Standards special publication on environmental speciation and monitoring needs for trace metal containing rom substances from NBS, Series No. 618 (1981) 244-263.

I4. Arsenic: Industrial, Bio-medical, Environmental Perspective
W.H. Lederer and R.J. Fensterheim. Editors: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,New York (1983),
p282-308, K.J. Irgolic, R.A. Stooton and D. Chakraborti

I5. Detection and determination of organic selenium and tellurium compounds, Chapter 4
Wiley interscience publication (London). Organic Se/Te compounds, (1985),
Vol.1, P 141-168, K.J. Irgolic & D. Chakraborti.

I6. Speciation of ionic organolead compounds in the biosphere.
R. Van Cleuvenbergen, D. Chakraborti and F. Adams
Commission of the European Communities "Air Pollution Research Report 2"
Edited by G. Angeletti and G. Restelli, D. Reidel Publishing Company, (1986)

I7. Calcutta's Environment. D.Chakraborti in Calcutta, The Living City,
Volume-II Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1990.

I8. Calcutta Environmental Profile: Air Pollution - D. Chakraborti in Managing Urban Environment in India: Towards an Agenda for Action, Volume-III, Industry, Energy Transport and Air.
Edited by K.C. Sivaramakrishnan, Times Research Foundation, 1993.

I9. Arsenic in groundwater in six districts of West Bengal, India-the biggest arsenic calamity in the world: the Status report up to August, 1995. Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Badal Kr. Mandal, Gautam Samanta, Gautam Kr. Basu, Partha P. Chowdhury, Chitta R.Chanda, Nirmal Kr.Karan, Dilip Lodh, Ratan Kr.Dhar, Dipankar Das, K.C.Saha and Dipankar Chakraborti.
Book: Arsenic: Exposure and health effects, Edited by C.O. Abernathy, R.L. Calderon and W.R. Chappell Chapter 9: 91-111, 1997; Publisher: Chapman & Hall.

I10. Non-cancer Effects of Chronic Arsenicosis with Special Reference to Liver Damage.
D. N. Guha Mazumder, J. Das Gupta, A. Santra, A. Pal, A. Ghose, S. Sarkar, N. Chattopadhaya and D. Chakraborti. Book: Arsenic: Exposure and health effects, Edited by C.O.Abernathy, R.L. Calderon and W.R. Chappell, Chapter 10:112-123, 1997; Publisher: Chapman & Hall.

I11. Groundwater arsenic contamination and sufferings of people in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh:
status report up to March 1998. B.K. Mandal, B.K. Biswas, R.K. Dhar, T.Roy Chowdhury,
G. Samanta. G.K. Basu, C.R. Chanda, K.C. Saha, S. Kabir, S. Roy and D. Chakraborti
Book: Metals and Genetics, page 41-66. Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 1999

I12. Groundwater arsenic calamity in West Bengal-India and Bangladesh.
G. Samanta, B. K. Mandal, T. Roy Chowdhury, R. K. Dhar, B. K. Biswas, G. K. Basu, C. R. Chanda, K. C. Saha, S. Roy, S. Kabir and D. Chakraborti.
Book: Bioavailability and its potential role in risk assessment, Publisher: John Wiley (in press).

I13. Groundwater arsenic contamination and sufferings of people in Bangladesh
U.K. Chowdhury, B. K. Biswas, R. K. Dhar, G. Samanta, B.K. Mandal, T.Roy Chowdhury,
D. Chakraborti, S. Kabir, S. Roy
Book: Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, Edited by W. R. Chappell, C.O.Abernathy, R.L. Calderon, 165-182, 1999; Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam-Lausanne-New York-Oxford-Tokyo.

I14. Chronic Arsenic Toxicity: Epidemiology, Natural History and Treatment.
D.N. Guha Mazumder, B.K. De, A. Santra, J. Dasgupta, N. Ghosh, B.K. Roy, U.C. Ghoshal, J.Saha, A. Chatterjee, S. Dutta, R. Haque, A.H. Smith, D. Chakraborty, C.R. Angle, J.A. Centeno.
Book: Arsenic: Exposure and health effects, Edited by W.R. Chappell, C.O.Abernathy, R.L. Calderon, 335-347, 1999; Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam-Lausanne-New York-Oxford-Tokyo.

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