Determination of arsenic bioavailability in mineral springs in the Czech Republic

Vendula Smolíková, Eliška Sedláčková, Pavlína Pelcová, Andrea Ridošková, Barbora Musilová

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    Abstract

    Mineral springs Hronovka and Regnerka located in the northeast Bohemia, Czech Republic are characteristic for high content of arsenic. The diffusive gradient in thin films technique (DGT) was used for determination of arsenic bioavailable fraction in both mineral water samples. Despite the high concentration of iron in both mineral water, the arsenic content measured by DGT (cDGT) corresponded to the total arsenic concentration measured directly by ET-AAS in the grab sample of mineral water (cGRAB) with the final ratio cDGT/cGRAB 1.09 for Hronovka, and 1.06 for Regnerka. These results indicate that the composition of the mineral water prevents the complexation of arsenic and iron and so arsenic in tested spring waters is completely bioavailable.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMendelNet 2019 - Proceedings of 26th International PhD Students Conference 6–7 November 2019, Brno, Czech Republic
    Place of PublicationBrno
    PublisherMendel University in Brno, Brno
    Pages636-641
    Volume26
    ISBN (Print)978-80-7509-688-3
    Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2019
    EventMendelNet 2019 - Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
    Duration: 6 Nov 20197 Nov 2019
    Conference number: 26
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    Conference

    ConferenceMendelNet 2019
    Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
    CityBrno
    Period6/11/197/11/19
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