Philip F. Souter, Graeme D. Cruickshank, Melanie Z. Tankerville, Bruce H. Keswick et al.
Contamination of drinking water by microorganisms and arsenic represents a major human health hazard in many parts of the world. An estimated 3.4 million deaths a year are attributable to waterborne diseases. Arsenic poisoning from contaminated water sources is causing a major health emergency in so...
Dawn M. Norton, Mahfuzur Rahman, Andi L. Shane, Mohammad Zahid Hossain et al.
We introduced flocculant-disinfectant water treatment for 12 weeks in 103 households in Bangladesh to assess if drinking water would be chemically and microbiologically improved and the body burden of arsenic reduced. The median concentration of arsenic in tubewell water decreased by 88% after intro...