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Top : Regional : Asia : Regions : Bengal : Health : Arsenic_Contamination_of_Groundwater
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  • Arsenic Calamity of Bangladesh: Includes collections of links, news reports, and articles on the groundwater contamination crisis.
  • Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: British Geological Survey reports on arsenic studies carried out to Bangladesh and other areas. View the news release re: writ served to BGS for negligence in not testing for the presence of arsenic in groundwater while carrying out research in 1992.
  • Arsenic in Drinking Water; WHO Factsheet: Summarises the causes, possible remedies, and the extent of the problem in the region.
  • Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal: Article investigating the levels and sources of contamination of water in parts of the state, by Das and others.
  • Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh/India: Sos-Arsenic focuses on Arsenic problem in Bangladesh and India. There are a number of articles and pictures available too. Site can also be translated in French, German and Spanish.
  • BBC News; Water filter set to save lives: "A Bangladeshi scientist is due to launch a new filter which could prove a major breakthrough in the battle against arsenic poisoning."
  • Chronic Arsenic Poisoning: Arsenic project introduction (Harvard and MIT): History, Study and Remediation.
  • Genesis of high arsenic groundwater in the Bengal Delta Plains: Mattias von Brömssen writes on the soil chemistry that causes the problem.
  • Possible Arsenic-Contamination-Free Groundwater Source in Bangadesh: Summary of an account of the problem and possible solutions. Includes tables showing areas with different levels of contamination.
  • The Dhaka Declarations: Presents the four formal declarations issued up to 2002, from participants in the conferences seeking ways to alleviate the poisoning problems.
  • West Bengal and Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Centre: Extensive information on the causes, effects, and possible mitigation of the environmental health problem in this region, where tens of millions are drinking ground water contaminated with arsenic.
  • Yahoo! Groups : Arsenic-Source: Discussion group on the source/mobilisation of arsenic in groundwater, in West Bengal, Bangladesh and elsewhere.


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