blackandbrownlove:International health experts have called it the largest mass poisoning in history,
blackandbrownlove:International health experts have called it the largest mass poisoning in history, and it is still underway. Some 100 million people in southeast Asia (Bangledesh) have been drinking from shallow wells originally drilled to provide germ-free water; but many turned out to be contaminated with naturally occurring arsenic. Here Dr. Tariqul Islam holds up the hand of a man who has lesions, which are one of the more obvious outward symptoms of arsenicosis. In collaboration with researchers from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Chicago, Tariqul heads a clinic outside Dhaka that helps treat affected people and studies the long-term effects of arsenic poisoning. Researchers at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the Mailman School of Public Health have been on the front lines of the issue since 2000. They are currently leading a wide range of initiatives, including long-term health programs, continued drilling of safer wells, education and continuing investigations into the geology of arsenic contamination.via: @earthinstitutePhoto: Dave Funkhouser @dkfunkhouser1 #arsenic #bangledesh -- source link
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