Groundwater arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Padmameghna-Brahmaputra plain of India and Bangladesh.(Report from a Developing Country) Archives of Environmental Health | November 1, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Objective: This report is presented to highlight the magnitude of arsenic groundwater contamination, and its related health effects, in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra (GMB) plain--an area of 569,749 [km.sup.2], with a population of over 500 million, which largely comprises the flood plains of 3 major river systems that flow through India and Bangladesh.

Design: On the basis of our 17-yr-long study thus far, we report herein the magnitude of groundwater arsenic contamination, its health effects, results of our analyses of biological and food samples, and our investigation into ...

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