Arsenic : Bangladesh
 

Statistics of Arsenic Calamity

Total Number of districts in Bangladesh

64

Total Area of Bangladesh

148,393 km2

Total Population of Bangladesh

120 million

GDP per capita (1998)

US$ 260

WHO arsenic drinking water standard

0.01 ppm

Maximum permissible limit of arsenic in drinking water of Bangladesh

0.05 ppm

Number of districts surveyed for arsenic contamination 

64

Number of districts having arsenic above maximum permissible limit 

59

Area of affected 59 districts

126,134 km2

Population at risk of the affected districts

75 million

Potentially exposed population

24 million

Number of patients suffering from arsenicosis

7,600

Total number of tubewells in Bangladesh

4 million

Total number of affected tubewells

1.12 million

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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