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Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in Bangladesh

M. Feroze Ahmed, S. Ahuja, Mohammad Alauddin, Stephan J. Hug, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Alexander Pfaff, Thomas Pichler, Chad Saltikov, M. Stute, Alexander van Geen

Science · 2006 · 293 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Excessive levels of arsenic in drinking water is a vast health problem in Southeast Asia. Several viable approaches to mitigation could drastically reduce arsenic exposure, but they all require periodic testing.

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Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments

Farhana Islam, Andrew G. Gault, Christopher Boothman et al. · Nature · 2004 · 1.2K citations

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Water Manganese Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

Gail A. Wasserman, Xinhua Liu, Faruque Parvez et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2005 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Variation in Arsenic Speciation and Concentration in Paddy Rice Related to Dietary Exposure

Paul N. Williams, Adam H. Price, Andrea Raab et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2005 · 800 citations

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Water Arsenic Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

Gail A. Wasserman, Xinhua Liu, Faruque Parvez et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2004 · 611 citations · Full text

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Groundwater arsenic calamity in Bangladesh

Ratan Dhar, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, G. Samanta et al. · Own your potential (DEAKIN) · 1997 · 387 citations

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