GATE ES · 2025 · ES
Question 65: Hazardous waste management
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Question 65
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Water from a hand pump located near a landfill has 1 mg/L arsenic (oral carcinogenic potency factor = 1.75 (kg-day)/mg). A person who lives nearby drinks 2 L/day water from this hand pump for 10 years. Assume body weight of 70 kg and 70 years as average life duration. Chances of this person getting excess risk of cancer is __________________ ×10
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2025ES
GATE ES 2025 · Paper 1
Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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