Interim report community based arsenic mitigation program: successes and constraints June - October 1999

The severity of the problem of arsenic in ground water in Bangladesh is now well
\nrecognized. 97% of the population relies on ground water for drinking and cooking
\npurposes and it is estimated that one third of the country may arsenic in the
\nsubsurface. This amount to many millions of people potentially at risk.
\nThe source of the arsenic is geological and due to the sedimentary processes which lead to
\naccumulation of arsenic and release to groundwater the level found in tubewell water are
\nspatially variable-one wen may be highly contaminated whereas nearby another is not The
\nseverity of arsenic poising. or arsenicosis, also varies dependent on the length of exposure,
\nthe level of arsenic being ingested and the socio-economic status of the individual concern.
\nBRAC, a non-governmental organisation,…