25m people at risk of arsenic contamination

Speakers tell conference
About 20-25 million people of the country are at risk of exposure to arsenic contamination, speakers said yesterday at the inaugural ceremony of an international conference.
They also said there are more than 8,000 villages in the country which are at the risk of arsenic contamination.
Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) and United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) jointly organised the five-day conference at a city hotel where around 53 experts and government delegates from 12 Asian countries including Bangladesh are taking part.
Sheikh Kurshed Alam, secretary of Local Government Division (LGD), inaugurated the conference. peaking as the chief guest Kurshed Alam said the country has long been suffering from arsenic problem. “We have to ensure  Read Full Article