Arsenic

Around 20 million people in the country drink arsenic-contaminated water. The health directorate does not have updated records on persons affected by arsenic

Arsenic in water

Arsenic contamination is spreading in the groundwater of several villages of Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj

A teacher in Rajshahi University (RU) has invented a technology in collaboration with a Japanese researcher to remove arsenic from water, bringing in a solution to the country’s arsenic problem.

Shallow wells dug for drinking water in the Amazon basin in order to avoid polluted rivers contain up to 70 times the recommended limit of arsenic, researchers warned Tuesday.Samples taken from 250 ...