Combating a deadly menace: early experiences with a community-based arsenic mitigation project in Bangladesh

Combating a deadly menace: early experiences with a community-based arsenic mitigation project in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is facing the problem of arsenic poisoning in drinking water. Around 27% of the tubewells, which supply drinking water to most of the population, have arsenic concentrations above the government of Bangladesh limit of 50 t.g per litre. This means that a quarter of the • country's...

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Päätekijät: Chowdhury, AMR, Hossain, Md. Zabed, Nickson, Ross, Rahman, Mizanur, Jakariya, Md., Sharnimuddin, Md.
Aineistotyyppi: Research report
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Aiheet:
Arsenic
Rural community
Drinking water
Arsenic contamination
BRAC
Water > Purification > Arsenic removal
Arsenic > Toxicology
Arsenic > Environmental aspects
Groundwater > Pollution
Linkit:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13319

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http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13319

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