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 …

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 …

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 …

Background Millions of people worldwide are chronically exposed to arsenic through
drinking water, including 35–77 million people in Bangladesh. The association between …

For more than a decade it has been known that shallow tube wells in Bangladesh are
frequently contaminated with arsenic concentrations at a level that is harmful to human …

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 …

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 …

Arsenic affects hundreds of millions of people around the world, with majority of the arsenic-
affected populations living in Southeast Asia. Recent reports estimated that population …

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 …

Background: Arsenic is a potent human carcinogen and toxicant. Elevated concentration of
arsenic in drinking water is a major public-health problem worldwide. We evaluated risks of …