Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Mohammad Raknuzzaman, Md. Habibullah‐Al‐Mamun et al.
D.G. Kinniburgh, Pauline Smedley
A survey of well waters (n=3534) from throughout Bang- ' ladesh, excluding the Chitt;agong Hill Tracts, has shown that water from 27% of the 'shallow' tubewells, that is wells less than 150 m deep, exceeded the Bangladesh standard for arsenic in drinking water (50 flg L -I). 46% exceeded the WH...
List of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. 1. Introduction . 1.1. Background. 1.2. The Nature of Arsenic Pollution. 1.3. History of Natural Arsenic Contamination. 1.4. Arsenic Pollution. 1.5. Risk, Perception and Social Impacts. 1.6. ...
Mir Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Lokman Ali, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Zillur Rahman
Contamination of heavy metals in sediment is regarded as a global crisis with a large share in developing countries like Bangladesh. Four heavy metals such as arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in sediments and water were investigated from Karnaphuli River in Bangladesh. The dec...
Md. Khalid Hasan, Abrar Shahriar, Kudrat Ullah Jim
Bangladesh - one of the most densely populated countries of the world- has plentiful water sources, but these sources are being polluted continuously. Both surface water and groundwater sources are contaminated with different contaminants like toxic trace metals, coliforms as well as other organic a...
Amitava Mukherjee, Mrinal Kumar Sengupta, Mohammed Hossain, Sad Ahamed et al.
The incidence of high concentrations of arsenic in drinking-water has emerged as a major public-health problem. With newer-affected sites discovered during the last decade, a significant change has been observed in the global scenario of arsenic contamination, especially in Asian countries. This com...
Narottam Saha, M. Safiur Rahman, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed, John L. Zhou et al.
Concentration of eight heavy metals in surface and groundwater around Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) industrial area were investigated, and the health risk posed to local children and adult residents via ingestion and dermal contact was evaluated using deterministic and probabilistic approaches...
Md. Bodrud-Doza, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Fahad Ahmed, Samiran Das et al.
This study investigates the groundwater quality in the Faridpur district of central Bangladesh based on preselected 60 sample points. Water evaluation indices and a number of statistical approaches such as multivariate statistics and geostatistics are applied to characterize water quality, which is ...
Ratan Dhar, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, G. Samanta, Badal Kumar Mandal et al.
Mohd Khairul Ahmad, Md. Saiful Islam, M. Safiur Rahman, Md. Rafid Haque et al.
The spatial and temporal distribution of heavy metals in water, sediment and fish (dry weight basis) of Buriganga River, Bangladesh were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. In water concentration of Pb, Cd, Ni, Cu and Cr varied seasonally and spatially from 58.17 to 72.45 μg/L, 7.08 t...
Md. Saiful Islam, M. Belal Hossain, Abdul Matin, Md. Shafiqul Islam Sarker
Heavy metal pollution in sediment resources may pose serious threat to ecosystem and human health through food web. In this study, surface sediment samples of 10 stations along the Feni River estuary were analyzed to profile the accumulation, sources and pollution levels of heavy metals. The results...
Prosun Bhattacharya, Gunnar Jacks, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Joyanto Routh et al.
Jianhua Wu, Peiyue Li, Hui Qian, Zhao Duan et al.
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Md. Habibullah‐Al‐Mamun, Md Fazlul Hoque
Tahera Akter, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fahmida Akter, Tridib Roy Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Public health is at risk due to chemical contaminants in drinking water which may have immediate health consequences. Drinking water sources are susceptible to pollutants depending on geological conditions and agricultural, industrial, and other man-made activities. Ensuring the safety o...