Arsenicosis in drinking water is growing alarmingly and posing a health hazard to the people of Bangladesh while causing socio-economnic problems also. This was stated by the speakers at a seminar held at Comilla zila parishad auditorium recently. Fifty-nine out of the 64 districts in the country are now arsenic-affected. The public health engineering department (PHED) recently conducted a sample survey of 2,391 tubewells and found that 2,072 of them were contaminated by arsenic.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/arsenicosis-alarm
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
