Arsenic in drinking-water is a hazard to human health. It has attracted much
attention since recognition in the 1990s of its wide occurrence in well-water in
Bangladesh. It occurs less extensively in many other countries also.
The main source of arsenic in drinking-water is arsenic-rich rocks through
which the water has filtered. It may also occur because of mining or industrial
activity in some areas.
WHO has worked with other UN-system organizations to produce a
state-of-the-art review on arsenic in drinking-water.
You can link here to:
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Arsenic,
drinking-water and health risk substitution in arsenic mitigation: A discussion
paper -
United Nations
Synthesis Report on Arsenic in Drinking Water -
Researchers warn of
impending disaster from mass arsenic poisoning -
Towards an
assessment of the socioeconomic impact of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh
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Contamination
of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency. -
Fact sheet on arsenic in
drinking water -
Guidelines
for Drinking-Water Quality -
Arsenic, Environmental
Health Criteria No. 224