Arsenic contamination of shallow groundwater in Bangladesh is a major public health
problem; the main response to date has been installing alternative water supplies. A survey …

Since 2000, nearly 5 million wells in Bangladesh have been tested for arsenic. Results of
this survey are presented, and it is estimated that approximately 20% of tube wells …

Arsenic concentrations of tubewell water that exceed the Bangladesh Drinking Water
Standard pose a serious health problem for millions of people in Bangladesh. Groundwater …

Drinking of arsenic-contaminated water and the associated health impacts have been
reported in developing and developed countries. Bangladesh is faced with the worst arsenic …

A supply of safe drinking water is a recognized global concern. The arsenic contamination of
groundwater in Bangladesh and other countries has furthered this concern. Lack of …

The presence of elevated levels of naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater of
Bangladesh, has severely impaired the decade long effort of providing safe water to nearly …

The contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh by arsenic is a widespread and serious
environmental problem, affecting mainly the rural population who rely extensively on …

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 …

Arsenic problems have been observed in several countries around the world. The
challenges of arsenic mitigation are more difficult for developing and poor countries due to …

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 …