Arsenic problem
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Arsenic was first detected in Bangladesh in 1984. During that period about 2,500 shallow tube-wells were tested in 34 districts out of which each and every tube-well was detected arsenic contaminated. Another survey conducted jointly by the DPHL (Department of Public Health Engineering) and British Geological survey 2000 showed that more that 90% of the shallow tube-wells in the most seriously arsenic polluted areas produced contaminated water exceeding .05 mg/1ml of arsenic. It is also marked that the most affected area in Bangladesh is North Bengal. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are suffering from arsenic poisoning and more are being affected every day. At present there is no medical treatment or medicine that can prevent any disease caused by Arsenicosis. So the people are to be made conscious of the harmful effect of arsenic poisoning.
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