It is evident that arsenic has detrimental effect on health including deadlier disease such as
cancer, diabetes mellitus, birth defects which can eventually lead to adverse effect on our …

Arsenic contamination in drinking water has a detrimental impact on human health which
profoundly impairs the quality of life. Despite recognition of the adverse health implications …

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh has been recognized as a major
public problem. The arsenic contamination was first identified in the tubewell water in 1993 …

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh is of geogenic origin. In 1993, a few
tube-wells in the northern district of Bangladesh were found to be arsenic contaminated …

In world, millions of people drink polluted natural occurrence of arsenic on groundwater.
Over 200 million people are estimated to be at risk of high arsenic exposure from drinking …

While Bangladesh made significant achievements in safe water coverage via installation of
shallow tubewells (STWs) nationwide, this success was shattered by the discovery of …

A national drinking water quality survey conducted in 2009 furnished data that were used to
make an updated estimate of chronic arsenic exposure in Bangladesh. About 20 million and …

Ensuring access to safe drinking water by 2015 is a global commitment by the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). In Bangladesh, significant achievements in providing safe …

The recent discovery of large-scale arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater has raised
much concern in Bangladesh. Reliable estimates of the magnitude of As exposure and …

The wide spread occurrence of geogenic arsenic in Bangladesh groundwater drastically
reduced the safe water access across the country. Since its discovery in 1993, different …