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 …

Chronic arsenic toxicity & human health

DNG Mazumder - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) due to drinking of arsenic contaminated ground water
is a major environmental health hazard throughout the world including India. A lot of new …

Arsenic and heavy metal contamination of vegetables grown in Samta village, Bangladesh

MGM Alam, ET Snow, A Tanaka - Science of the total environment, 2003 - Elsevier
Drinking of arsenic (As) contaminated well water has become a serious threat to the health
of many millions in Bangladesh. However, the implications of contamination of agricultural …

Arsenic in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes.

SA Ahmad, MH Sayed, S Barua, MH Khan… - Environmental …, 2001 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
We studied a group of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were chronically
exposed to arsenic through drinking water to identify the pregnancy outcomes in terms of …

Effect of chronic intake of arsenic-contaminated water on liver

DNG Mazumder - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2005 - Elsevier
The hepatotoxic effect of arsenic when used in therapeutic dose has long been recognized.
We described the nature and degree of liver involvement and its pathogenesis due to …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic arsenic toxicity: studies in West Bengal, India

DG Mazumder, UB Dasgupta - The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) as a result of drinking arsenic-contaminated
groundwater is a major environmental health hazard throughout the world, including India. A …

Arsenic contamination in Bangladesh groundwater: a major environmental and social disaster

MGM Alam, G Allinson, F Stagnitti… - International journal …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
In attempting to eliminate disease caused by drinking polluted surface water, millions of
shallow surface wells were drilled into the Ganges delta alluvium in Bangladesh. The latest …

State of the science review of the health effects of inorganic arsenic: perspectives for future research

PB Tchounwou, CG Yedjou, UK Udensi… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Human exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a global health issue. Although there is strong
evidence for iAs‐induced toxicity at higher levels of exposure, many epidemiological studies …

Arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh: A geostatistical and epidemiological framework for evaluating health effects and potential remedies

WH Yu, CM Harvey, CF Harvey - Water Resources Research, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the health crisis in Bangladesh due to dissolved arsenic in
groundwater. First, we use geostatistical methods to construct a map of arsenic …

Arsenic in foodchain and community health risk: a study in Gangetic West Bengal

SC Santra, AC Samal, P Bhattacharya… - Procedia Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Arsenic, a potent carcinogen, can cause malignant arsenical skin lesions may be Bowen's
disease, basal cell carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma. Apart from carcinoma and …