Chernobyl / Oxford / Calcutta / Geneva / Cordoba / New York / Washington / DC / Khulna / Bhopal / Nagpur / Rajshahi / San Diego / Dhaka / /
Company
The World Bank Group / Ahmad SA / National Academy Press / /
Country
Thailand / United Kingdom / China / India / Taiwan / Bangladesh / Mexico / Republic of Bangladesh / Sweden / Chile / United States / Argentina / Ukraine / / /
Event
Product Issues / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Dhaka Community Hospital / Jadavpur University / University of California / Linko¨ping University / National Environmental Engineering Research Institute / National Institute of Preventive / National Cancer Institute / Warren Hall / /
IndustryTerm
transportation / health services / food / interim solution / chemical packets / arsenic removal treatment systems / chemicals / steel hand pump / long-term solutions / Internet communication / communications et du transport qui constituent / arsenic-free solution / potential longterm solution / long-term solution / /
MedicalCondition
chronic arsenicosis / keratoses / Advanced keratoses / skin cancer / bladder cancer / la tuberculosis / arsenic disease / notamment d’un cancer / fungal infections / abdominal pain / cancer / gastrointestinal disease / malaria / Chronic arsenical dermatoses / internal cancers / diseases / largest mass poisoning / skin cancers / fatal internal cancers / skin diseases / chronic arsenic exposure / lung and kidney cancer / arsenic-related cancers / chronic arsenicism / vascular disease Diabetes / hyperpigmentation / Peripheral neuropathy / skin keratoses / Arsenical dermatosis / combined cancer / cardiovascular disease Pulmonary / largest poisoning / infections / arsenic-caused disease / Malignant neoplasms / superimposed infections / cancers / arsenic poisoning / arsenic-caused skin cancer / Hypertension / disease / Cancer Skin cancer / lung cancer / diabetes mellitus / cholera / chronic ingestion / tuberculosis / /
MedicalTreatment
chelation therapy / /
NaturalFeature
Ganges / /
Organization
World Health Organization / P30ES01896 / Department of Dermatology / US Environmental Protection Agency / Government of Bangladesh / Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission / Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics / Department of International Development / Center for Occupational and Environmental Health / School of Tropical / Ministry of Planning / United Nations Children’s Fund / International Centre / Ministry of Local Government / Dhaka Community Hospital / Linko¨ping University / National Environmental Engineering Research Institute / United States Environmental Protection Agency / National Cancer Institute / School of Environmental Studies / National Science Foundation / University of California / Berkeley / Public Health Sciences Division / School of Public Health / World Bank / Jadavpur University in Calcutta / Faculty of Health Sciences / Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine / US National Research Council / Department of Occupational and Environmental Health / Government of the People / National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine / Department of Public Health Engineering / /
Person
D. Chakraborti / Allan H. Smith / / /
Position
physician / author / aide / Professor of Epidemiology / 140 Warren Hall / consultant / el mayor / /
Product
vitamin A / tube-wells / wells / drinking-water / water sources / water / /
ProvinceOrState
West Bengal / New York / California / Jessore / Jessore District / Nawabganj / /
PublishedMedium
the Bulletin / Environmental Health Perspectives / Cancer Research / British Journal of Cancer / American Journal of Epidemiology / /
Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency Allan H. Smith,1 Elena O. Lingas,2 & Mahfuzar Rahman3