The same goes for air and water contaminated with arsenic.
His nanomaterials-based water technology AMRIT is running successfully in the country to remove arsenic from drinking water.
Dangers of water contaminated with pesticides According to Prof T Pradeep: The term pesticide encompasses a whole range of chemicals.
These pesticides affect the health in almost every possible way.
India and contaminated water According to Prof Pradeep, the contaminated water is now everywhere in India which was previously thought to be limited to some specific areas only.
But to what extent the Indian water is contaminated – if you were to ask – I would say, to a very large extent…to dangerous levels.
Arsenic in food More than half of Indian agriculture is fed by groundwater which brings in the contamination and thus our food is contaminated.
Arsenic contaminated water in India In developing countries like India and Bangladesh, 50 ppb is considered as the accepted level for arsenic in drinking water.
The efficiency of Prof T Pradeep’s nanomaterials based water technology AMRIT to remove arsenic from groundwater Professor T Pradeep is very confident about his AMRIT, that is, nanomaterials-based water technology.
Commenting on the efficiency of his technology, he said: In most affected areas, we have about 250 to 300 ppb micro grams per litre of arsenic.

FOUNTAIN & SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. – It’s been close to a year since Peterson Air Force Base admitted their fire fighting foam contaminated water and soil in Fountain and Security-Widefield.
Now, time is running out for those affected to join a class-action lawsuit against several manufacturers of the foam.
Attorney’s with McDivitt Law Firm held an open house Saturday for families to ask questions and learn more about the suit.
Angela Portugal, her husband Stephen and their two daughters came to the event.
The Portugals have been living in Fountain for the past 11 years.
"It’s scary because we don’t know what the long-term effects could be," said Angela.
The lawsuit is filed against a number of foam manufacturing companies, like the 3-M Company.
3M acted responsibly at all times and will defend its record of stewardship in connection with firefighting foam.” In the mean time, the Air Force has agreed to spend more than $900,000 to buy water and contamination filter systems for these communities in Fountain and Security-Widefield where the wells were tainted with chemicals.
"There possibly could be long-term effects from it, we just don’t know it yet," Angela said.
The lawsuit has been in the works for two years.

The McDivitt Law Firm is holding an informational open house for those affected by contaminated water in the Fountain/Security/Widefield area.
The law firm is representing all families affected by the water in a potential Class-Action lawsuit against the manufacturer of firefighting foam which contains high levels of perfluorinated compounds, also known as PFCs.
"People of Widefield, Security, and Fountain are concerned about being exposed to contamination and we want to make a difference and help them," said attorney Kelly Hyman.
The fire retardant was used by the Air Force and seeped into the ground water supply affecting water for those three communities in 2015.
There are a number of manufacturing companies named in the lawsuit, but no mention or intention of going after the Air Force that actually used the toxic foam.
Studies have been ongoing into the long-term effects of those who have been exposed to the toxins, as researches were recruiting volunteers to study effects earlier in the year.
"I feel like I’m an individual who’s healthy at this time, active and all that, and what if this product is still in my system and starts to affect me," said Shelly Laborde, a Widefield resident.
Time is running out for those who want to get in on the lawsuit, so the informational open house will continue through the weekend at the McDivitt Law Firm at 19 East Cimarron Street.
A judge is expected to decide this summer whether the class-action lawsuit can proceed.

The chief of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers today that the Guard doesn’t have enough money to clean up the potentially hundreds of drinking water systems contaminated by toxic firefighting foam used on Guard installations.
"What my colleges have told me is that the use of this fire-retardant foam has resulted in a public health hazard and a danger to water supplies in the area of these installations," Durbin said.
Durbin asked Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, to characterize how large of a "public health crisis" this water contamination is and how much money will it take to correct it.
"I can’t give you a number of the total of what it may take to mitigate it."
There are "many installations" that have been affected by perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA, Langyel said.
The Guard made a recent request to access funds in the Defense Environmental Restoration Account.
"If we have to spend money to mitigate these [water contamination] issues, then we are going to have to use Air National Guard or Army National Guard operations and maintenance money to do it, and obviously we don’t have that money in our accounts," Lengyel said.
"It’s not just a military thing," Lengyel said.
Tester wanted to know why the Guard and the Defense Department isn’t looking for "benign fire-fighting chemicals such as the ones used in the forests … because if we are creating a problem with this, we need to stop where the problem is."
The Defense Department launched an investigation in late 2016 to determine the scope of the problem at military installations across the country after drinking water supplies were shut down due to contamination near Patterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

BUNDABERG Mayor Jack Dempsey has called on the Department of Environment and Science to investigate how PFAS chemicals got into part of the region’s water supply.
Posting on Facebook this morning, Cr Dempsey said Bundaberg Regional Council wanted to know "how, where and when this chemical entered the groundwater".
Late last week authorities advised the community that tap water in the Svensson Heights area had been contaminated with PFAS chemicals.
The bore that supplies water to this area has been turned off with water now supplied from another source.
"The news last week that water from one bore in Bundaberg had high levels of PFAS came as a shock," Cr Dempsey says.
"I want to assure the community their water is now safe to drink.
We want the Department of Environment and Science to investigate and report to the public as quickly as possible."
"They are now dealing with anxiety and fear, so it’s little consolation to hear from health experts that there is only a low risk," Cr Dempsey said.
"PFAS is an emerging issue for health and water authorities following revelations from Defence bases.
Research into human impacts is ongoing and inconclusive.

Photo By 1st Lt. Andrew B Layton | The Air Force will conduct environmental sampling at Battle Creek Air National Guard… read more BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The Air Force will conduct environmental sampling at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base in mid-April to assess the potential for drinking water contamination stemming from past firefighting activities.
The sampling is part of the Air Force’s proactive, service-wide investigation to assess potential risk to drinking water from Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfanate (PFOS), two compounds found in aqueous film forming foam (AFFF).
AFFF is the most efficient extinguishing method for petroleum fires and is widely used across the firefighting industry, to include all commercial airports, for protection of people and property.
As part of the Air Force’s three-step approach — identify, respond, protect — a preliminary assessment was completed in 2015 that identified potential release areas where AFFF was used at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base.
The groundwater sampling, which begins April 16th, will verify releases through groundwater, surface water, soil, and sediment sampling.
"We want to test as a precaution, in order to determine if there is need for any further environmental investigation,” said Brown.
The Air Force’s investigation work and mitigation actions are guided by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA, applicable state laws, and the EPA’s drinking water health advisory.
“Following the CERCLA process makes certain thorough investigative work is done,” said Teff.
“The process also promotes accountability, community involvement, and long-term protection.” The Air Force has replaced legacy firefighting foam at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base with a new, more environmentally responsible formula that contain no PFOS and only trace amounts of PFOA.
Currently, fire protection services at W.K.

WESTFIELD — A closed-door session of the Westfield City Council April 25 will feature a discussion with Kevin Madonna, an attorney who will address some of the legal concerns regarding the city’s water supply.
Madonna is a partner of the Hurley, New York-based law firm Kennedy and Madonna LLC, which is one of the firms representing the city’s lawsuit against 3M, Chemguard Inc. and Tyco Fire Protection Products, makers of firefighting foam linked to contamination of several wells on the north side of Westfield.
The city is also pursuing a claim against the U.S. Department of Defense.
The meeting with Madonna will take place ahead of the council’s May 3 second reading of a $13 million bond request that includes measures to address the contaminated wells.
City Councilors Dan Allie, Matt Emmershy, Andrew K. Surprise and Dave Flaherty are against the bond and have argued there are other ways to pay for clean water that don’t include passing the cost to ratepayers.
Bean said having Madonna speak to the group will help them make a more informed decision when it comes to the May 3 vote.
"I think it’s important that we, as councilors, better understand the city’s legal strategy as it relates to holding the polluters accountable," said Bean.
"An executive session allows for more detailed discussion of that strategy."
Under the state’s Open Meeting Law, public bodies are allowed to hold such sessions when discussing legal strategy, among other exemptions.
He also worked with the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, United Nations Environment Programme, United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New Jersey Office of the Environmental Prosecutor.

A report issued Monday by the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays claims those violations were part of a chronic problem at the plant that has resulted in “significant pollution” of waters that are granted “the state’s highest level of protection.” “It’s not just disheartening and frustrating for us, but for really all of the organizations and businesses that have done the right thing, that have stepped up and met regulations and requirements and have sacrificed to do that,” said Chris Bason, executive director of the Center for the Inland Bays.
The 24-year-old nonprofit center was created to help restore and preserve the waterways that are considered jewels of coastal Sussex County.
The report says failures of Mountaire’s wastewater treatment facility resulted in the chicken processor exceeding legal limits for pollutants in water that is sprayed on fields in southern Delaware.
Higher-than-allowed levels of fecal coliform, chlorine, and nitrates were found on multiple occasions from April through September of 2017, according to a violation notice filed last year by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
By August 2017, DNREC reported that Mountaire had already exceeded the total amount of nitrogen it was allowed to apply to its farm fields for the whole year.
“August’s report alone showed six fields were loaded in excess of the [annual] permit limit just in the month of August.” Following the notice of violations from DNREC in November, Mountaire fired workers at its Millsboro wastewater treatment.
At the time, Mountaire said the company had hired new wastewater employees and was working with DNREC to resolve the high levels of nitrates in water that was sprayed on nearby fields.
“The average total nitrogen concentration here is over twice the healthy limit for the river,” the report reads.
The center is hosting a river rally in Millsboro next month to celebrate the importance of water and to highlight the work the group is doing to bring attention to ways residents can help protect water from pollution.
Mountaire officials did not return WHYY’s requests for comment Monday.

West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Gov.
Jim Justice’s companies in a lawsuit alleging water contamination of private wells.
The case comes out of Wyoming County, where 16 families sued Mechel Bluestone Coal Company and Dynamic Energy for well water contamination.
The court remanded the case back to circuit court to decide whether the companies complied with an order to provide replacement water to families.
On appeal, families alleged jury interference and witness intimidation, a disqualifying relationship between a seated alternate juror and a corporate representative of the coal company, and that a verdict was awarded in favor of the defense despite the weight of the evidence.
Families said the circuit judge erred by not finding the presence of UMWA members in the courtroom improper.
They claimed UMWA members immediately surrounded the witness when he entered the courthouse to testify and caused him to change his testimony.
Dynamic Energy appealed a different order where the judge refused to dissolve a preliminary injunction requiring the company to provide replacement water to families.
They reversed the circuit court’s ruling.
“As such, it is clear that, by refusing to provide replacement water service as the circuit court had ordered it to do, Dynamic Energy ignored the court’s direct command when it, unilaterally, stopped providing replacement water service," the opinion said.

In November, Delaware environmental regulators accused poultry processor Mountaire Farms of 13 permit violations that led to water contamination for nearby residents.
A report issued Monday by the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays claims those violations were part of a chronic problem at the plant that has resulted in “significant pollution” of waters that are granted “the state’s highest level of protection.” “It’s not just disheartening and frustrating for us, but for really all of the organizations and businesses that have done the right thing, that have stepped up and met regulations and requirements and have sacrificed to do that,” said Chris Bason, executive director of the Center for the Inland Bays.
The 24-year-old nonprofit center was created to help restore and preserve the waterways that are considered jewels of coastal Sussex County.
Using publicly available information and details obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, the center’s report says the EPA and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control have not forced the company to comply with conditions of multiple orders.
Go to whyy.org for more information on the contamination and Mountaire’s reaction to the findings.