Determinants of drinking arsenic-contaminated tubewell water in Bangladesh

MMH Khan, K Aklimunnessa, M Kabir… - Health policy and …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Trends in water usage and knowledge of arsenicosis in Bangladesh: findings from successive national surveys

BK Caldwell, WT Smith, JC Caldwell… - Population, Space and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of arsenic in tubewell water has been identified as a major health problem in
Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Government, with international assistance, is attempting to …

Revisiting the village where arsenic contamination of underground water was first discovered in Bangladesh: Twenty-five years later

M Sakamoto - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A survey was conducted in an As-affected village of Bangladesh—the first discovery of As
contamination in the country—to assess the current situation and how implementation …

[HTML][HTML] Access to drinking-water and arsenicosis in Bangladesh

BK Caldwell, WT Smith, K Lokuge… - Journal of health …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The discovery of arsenic contamination in groundwater has challenged efforts to provide
safe drinking-water to households in rural Bangladesh. Two nationally-representative …

Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water and the Associated Health Effects in the Shahpur Block of Bihar: A Case Study From Five Villages

BK Thakur, V Gupta - Arsenic Water Resources Contamination …, 2020 - Springer
The current paper estimates the arsenic-contaminated drinking water and its associated
effects on human health. The result is based on a primary survey of 173 households from …

Arsenic concentration in drinking water of Bihar: health issues and socio-economic problems

BK Thakur, V Gupta - Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for …, 2016 - iwaponline.com
More than 10 million people residing in 13 districts of the state of Bihar are facing the acute
problem of arsenic contamination in drinking water. The objective of this paper is to quantify …

Increasing awareness of arsenic in Bangladesh: lessons from a public education programme

S Hanchett, Q Nahar, A Van Agthoven… - Health policy and …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge of arsenic in drinking-water: risks and avoidance in Matlab, Bangladesh

SN Aziz, KJ Boyle, M Rahman - Journal of health, population, and …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Widespread contamination of arsenic in Bangladesh has been jeopardizing the health of
millions of people. Residents of Matlab, Bangladesh, are among the millions at risk. Using …

Study on knowledge about arsenic contamination in drinking water among the people living in selected villages of Bangladesh

MA Hossain, A Begum, K Akhtar - Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy …, 2014 - banglajol.info
Background: Excessive amounts of arsenic (As) in the groundwater in Bangladesh and
neighbouring countries are also a major public health problem. Objective: The purpose of …

Arsenic contamination in groundwater in Bangladesh: implications and challenges for healthcare policy

SA Ahmad, MH Khan, M Haque - Risk management and healthcare …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
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 …