Links to more information

Arsenic Crisis Information Centre
A very comprehensive site focused on the situation in Bangladesh and West Bengal providing a very wide ranging collection of materials and links to all aspects of the arsenic crisis.

Chronic Arsenic Poisoning: History, Study and Remediation
This is a project at Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health. The web site provides access to a database of material on arsenic poisoning, together with extensive details about arsenicosis and many links to papers, news items and other information. The project was set up in response to the situation in Bangladesh, and its development is described in the article Good Intentions, Bad Water in the Summer 1999 issue of Harvard Public Health Review.

British Geological Survey has carried out a number of studies in Bangladesh and this web site present reports, maps, data and photos documenting the problem.

WHO Arsenic in Drinking Water
This site provides links to WHO and UN materials on arsenic in drinking water. There are two FAO fact sheets available, one specifically on the Bangladesh situation, is entitled Arsenic mass poisoning on an unprecedented scale(Feature No. 206, March 2002). The other is a general fact sheet on Arsenic in drinking water(No. 210, May 2001)

Arsenic Health Effects Research Program
The Arsenic Research Program is directed by Allan H. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health,and based at the University of California, Berkeley. The web site contains information on the research carried out around the world on the health effects of arsenic, particularly cancers, and includes summaries of many recently published papers.

World Bank Arsenic Mitigation
This project aims to significantly reduce the quantity of arsenic ingested; increase access to a sustainable safe water supply; and increase the percentage of treated arsenicosis patients in the project areas. The web site provides links to various project documents, procurement notices and contract award information.