Dangerous health hazards for drinking arsenic water

The arsenic hazard in Bangladesh villagers now appeared as a ‘real disaster', affecting thousands physically, physiologically, mentally and economically.

It is intensifying malnutrition, poverty and destitution among the already poor villagers. The futures of the Bangladesh villages are jeopardized.

Arsenic contaminated underground water is one such severe problem which the government has failed to manage properly.

Five years after the approval of National Policy for Arsenic Mitigation and Implementation Plan, More than 10 million people are under threat due to drinking of arsenic contaminated water in Bangladesh, says a report of World Health Organization (WHO).

UNICEF has come out with some dismal findings with regard to Bangladesh on the occasion of a high-level meeting. The successive governments failed to respond to the crisis with the promptitude the situation had called for. Arsenic is a ticking time bomb