Background There is a need to identify and evaluate an effective mitigation program for
arsenic exposure from drinking water in Bangladesh. Objective We evaluated the …

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 …

Abstract Objective To reduce arsenic (As) exposure, we evaluated the effectiveness of
training community members to perform water arsenic (WAs) testing and provide As …

We conducted a population-based prevalence survey in Araihazar, Bangladesh, to describe
the distribution of arsenic exposure in a rural Bangladeshi population and to assess the …

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 …

Abstract Background Concentrations of arsenic (As) are elevated in a large proportion of
wells in Bangladesh but are spatially variable even within a village. This heterogeneity can …

OBJECTIVE: To survey tube wells and households in Araihazar upazila, Bangladesh, to set
the stage for a long-term epidemiological study of the consequences of chronic arsenic …

OBJECTIVE: To monitor the effectiveness of deep community wells in reducing exposure to
elevated levels of arsenic in ground-water pumped from shallower aquifers. METHODS: Six …

The contamination of groundwater by arsenic in Bangladesh is the largest poisoning of a
population in history, with millions of people exposed. This paper describes the history of the …

This study documents the response of 6500 rural households in a 25km2 area of
Bangladesh to interventions intended to reduce their exposure to arsenic contained in well …