Author/Authors :
Ahsan، D.A نويسنده UNESCO/UNITWIN/WiCop. Department of Physical-Chemistry. Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences. University of Cadiz, Campus Rio San Pedro, 11510 Porto Real, Cadiz, Spain , , Del Valls، T.A نويسنده UNESCO/UNITWIN/WiCop. Department of Physical-Chemistry. Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences. University of Cadiz, Campus Rio San Pedro, 11510 Porto Real, Cadiz, Spain ,
Abstract :
Arsenic in ground water is a very serious environmental hazard of Bangladesh and West Bengal
of India. The presence of high level of Arsenic ( < 50 µg/L) in groundwater of Bangladesh has been detected in
1980’s. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the permissible limit of arsenic in drinking water is
10 µg/L. 80% of groundwater of the country has been contaminated with arsenic. Nearly 80 million Bangladeshi
are now at risk from arsenic related several diseases including cancer. It has been assumed that arsenic is only
present in ground water of Bangladesh but some recent studies showed that meantime arsenic had contaminated
the agricultural soil as well. A high level of arsenic is also reported food grains and vegetables. The vision of this
review is to give an overview of the latest findings of arsenic in agriculture soil and food crops of Bangladesh.
