In the early 1980s, K. C. Saha from the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata attributed skin lesions in West Bengal, India, to exposure to arsenic in groundwater pumped from shallow tube wells. Despite these findings, millions of tube wells have been
installed across the Bengal Basin, the geological formation that includes West Bengal and Bangladesh, and across river floodplains and deltas in southern Asia.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ensuring-safe-drinking-water-bangladesh
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-f-ahmed
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-ahuja
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-alauddin-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-standards
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-quality
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-treatment-technology
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-diseases
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
