Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency.

By Allan H. Smith, Elena O Lingas, Mahfuzar Rahman. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000

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Toxicity, mechanism and health effects of some heavy metals (2014, background): “Long-term exposure can lead to the formation of skin lesions, internal cancers, neurological problems, pulmonary disease, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension and cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus (Smith et al., 2000).”
Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review. (2019, background): “Among that nation's population of 125 million, 35–77 million people have been affected by As poisoning, making it the largest known mass poisoning by contaminants in human history (Shakoor et al., 2019; Smith et al., 2000).”
Heavy Metals and Human Health: Mechanistic Insight into Toxicity and Counter Defense System of Antioxidants (2015, unknown): “Adhering to WHO safety guidelines, the maximum permissible level of arsenic in drinking water is 10 μg/L [85].”
Geochemical background--concept and reality. (2005, background): “One example is natural high concentrations of As in drinking water wells in India and Bangladesh (i.e., arsenosis, Das et al., 1995; Smith et al., 2000).”
Arsenic in foodchain and community health risk: a study in Gangetic West Bengal (2013, background): “Many investigators reported symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, anorexia and abdominal pain in cases of chronic arsenic toxicity[86-89].”
Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh (2007, background): “Since the majority of the population has been using wells since the early 1990's, the country may now be in the early stages of an epidemic described by Smith et al. in the WHO Bulletin (2000) as “.”
Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments (2004, background): “jpg" NDATA ITEM> ]> The contamination of ground waters, abstracted for drinking and irrigation, by sediment-derived arsenic threatens the health of tens of millions of people worldwide, most notably in Bangladesh and West Benga”
Arsenic removal from water/wastewater using adsorbents--A critical review. (2007, unknown): “Bangladesh 50 [25,403,411–423]”
Functional Oxide Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for the Removal of Heavy Metals and Dyes (2013, background): “As per some estimations, arsenic in drinking water will cause 200,000-270,000 deaths from cancer in Bangladesh alone [6].”