... Arsenic in trivalent form is considered to be more toxic than Asia China, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam Chen et al. 1994, Mandal et al. 1996, Chatterjee et al. Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Iran 1993, Dhar et al. 1997, Nickson et al. 2000 Laos, Korea Williams et al. 1996, Kondo et al. 1999, Berg et al. 2001, Agusa et al. 2006, Hoang et al. 2010, Luu et al. 2009, Wijesekara & Marambe 2011, Fonseka et al. 2012Europe Romania, Hungary, England, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland, Cardiovascular Acrocyanosis and Raynaud's Phenomenon, Heart attack, cardiac arrhythmias, thickening of blood vessels, loss of circu lation leading to gangrene of extremities, hypertension, (Barringer & Reilly 2013) Dermal Hyperpigmentation, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, abnormal skin thickening, Symmetric hyperk eratosis of palms and soles (palmoplantar), melanosis or depigmentation, bowen's disease, facial edema, Desquamation Gastrointestinal Esophagitis, Colitis, anorexia, weight loss, Heartburn, nausea, abdominal pain, Liver Cancer (Robert & Anna 2008) Hematological Anemia, low white-blood-cell count (leucopenia), Megalobastosis Neurological Brain malfunction, hallucinations, memory loss, seizures, coma, peripheral neuropathy, hearing loss, encephalopathy Pulmonary, Respiratory Chronic cough, restrictive lung disease, cancer, Lung Cancer, Laryngitis, tracheal bronchitis, rhinitis, pharyngitis, short ness of breath, perforation of nasal Septum (Abul & Mahfuzar 2002) Renal Hematuria, proteinuria, shock, dehydration, cortical necrosis, cancer of kidneys and bladder, Nephrosis and Nephritis (Yu et al. 2009) Reproductive Spontaneous abortions, still-births, congenital malformations of fetus, low birth weight, prostate cancer (Yang et al. 2008, Rahman et al. 2013) pentavalent form. According to the present review, it is evident that major source of arsenic in groundwater is geogenic in nature. ...