Deep tubewells are important sources of arsenic mitigation in rural Bangladesh. Compared
to commonly available shallow tubewells, deep tubewells tap into deeper low-arsenic …

The objective of this paper is to determine whether deep tubewells installed through arsenic
mitigation efforts in rural Bangladesh provide better drinking water microbial quality …

Deep tubewells are a key component of arsenic mitigation programs in rural Bangladesh.
Compared to widely prevalent shallow tubewells, deep tubewells reduce ground-water …

The health risks of As exposure due to the installation of millions of shallow tubewells in the
Bengal Basin are known, but fecal contamination of shallow aquifers has not systematically …

Background During the past three decades in Bangladesh, millions of tubewells have been
installed to reduce the prevalence of diarrheal disease. This study evaluates the impacts of …

Background Millions of households throughout Bangladesh have been exposed to high
levels of arsenic (As) causing various deadly diseases by drinking groundwater from …

Health, and in turn income and welfare, depend on access to safe drinking water. Although
the majority of rural households worldwide obtain drinking water from community water …

Bangladesh has already experienced the biggest catastrophe in the world due to arsenic
contamination of drinking water. This study investigates the association of drinking arsenic …

Bangladesh has seen one of the developing world's great public health successes, the
conversion of the drinking water source for 94% of the rural population to 'safe water', in the …

The 1994 discovery of arsenic in ground water in Bangladesh prompted a massive public
health effort to test all tubewells in the country and convince nearly one-quarter of the …