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Arsenic : Bangladesh
Statistics of
Arsenic Calamity
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Total Number of
districts in Bangladesh |
64
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Total Area of Bangladesh |
148,393 km2
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Total Population of
Bangladesh |
120 million
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GDP per capita (1998) |
US$ 260
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WHO arsenic drinking
water standard |
0.01 ppm
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Maximum permissible
limit of arsenic in drinking water of Bangladesh |
0.05 ppm
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Number of districts
surveyed for arsenic contamination |
64
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Number of districts
having arsenic above maximum permissible limit |
59
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Area of affected 59
districts |
126,134 km2
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Population at risk of
the affected districts |
75 million
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Potentially exposed
population |
24 million
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Number of patients
suffering from arsenicosis |
7,600
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Total number of
tubewells in Bangladesh |
4 million
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Total number of affected
tubewells |
1.12 million
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Source: BBS, Dhaka Community Hospital,
NIPSOM, DPHE.
Water
Quality
Summary of
groundwater charecteristics in selected Tube Wells of Bangladesh.
Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality : World Health
Organization.
British Geographical Survey : Report on the groundwater arsenic problem in
Bangladesh
Arsenic Contamination
Arsenic Contamination In
Bangladesh : Upazila Wise Summary
National
Screening Program By BAMWSP : Upazila Wise Summary Result
Arsenic Prone Upazilas In Bangladesh
Arsenic Contamination In Bangladesh : As of DFID
Assisted Study
Arsenic Contamination In Bangladesh : Upazila Wise
Result of the National Screening Program
Arsenic Contamination In Bangladesh : Screening of
Production Wells of Pourashavas
Arsenic Contamination In
Bangladesh : Geographical
Distribution of Safe and Contaminated Tube Wells at Different Depth
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Water &
disasters
Be informed & be prepared
In recent decades, people throughout the world have become
increasingly alarmed over extreme weather events, which seem to be
growing in frequency and adverse impact. Cyclones, storm surges,
floods, droughts, avalanches, landslides or mudflows — all the
water-related hazards pose an enormous risk to the millions who live
in their path. Poor communities are particularly vulnerable: for
them, natural hazards can swiftly lead to human catastrophes. It is
now increasingly recognized that reducing this risk is a vital step
towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals,
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