Paper Title
A Study of Impact of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in West Bengal

Abstract
Arsenic is causing significant health problems, socio-economic and cultural issues worldwide. Significant social and cultural impacts including difficulties in getting safe drinking and irrigation water, mental and psychological harm, difficulties in getting education and marriage, social exclusion, superstition and migration. Significant economic impact includes difficulties in income and livelihood generation due to arsenic induced diseases, incapable in performing economic activities, low agricultural productivity due to insertion of arsenic in the food chain, vegetables, fodders, grains, animals and their products like, milk, meat, fish, sweets etc. Immediate preventive and curative measurements can only lead to mitigate the problem