Background In many areas of Bangladesh, it has been more than six years since a national
campaign to test tubewells for arsenic (As) was conducted. Many households therefore draw …

Many rural populations, including American Indian communities, that use private wells from
groundwater for their source of drinking and cooking water are disproportionately exposed …

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 …

Experts are making a major effort to find technical solutions to the serious public health
problems posed by arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh, but public education strategies …

Background: Arsenic contamination in groundwater of Bangladesh was first detected in
1993 and still a major public health problem in the country. In 1997, Samta was identified as …

High arsenic concentrations in groundwater were first detected in western Bangladesh in the
early 1990s. The arsenic is of natural origin and is believed to be mobilized in the …

Background: Chronic arsenic exposure has been associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease; diabetes; cancers of the lung, pancreas and prostate; and all-cause …

Publisher Summary The presence of arsenic (As) in tube wells in Bangladesh has been
known since 1984. The impact on public health from this exposure to As is only just being …

In order to reduce the exposure to As naturally occurring in shallow groundwater of the
Bengal Basin, tens of thousands of tubewells tapping deeper aquifers of the Bengal Basin …

Severe arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh has disrupted the idea of using
shallow tube-wells for safe drinking water throughout the country. Millions of tube-wells that …