Bangladesh arsenic - Young boy with tubewell

A young boy looks at water as it comes out of a tubewell in a village compound in Bangladesh
Arsenic contaminated tubewell

An arsenic-contaminated well marked with a red sign in Kahsar Kandi, Bangladesh
Women go to fetch drinking water

Women leave a housing compound to fetch clean water from a nearby well.
Village drinking water survey interview

A woman being interviewed about her health during a village drinking water survey in Kahsar Kandi, Bangladesh
Abdul Latif Sheikh and his wife Rokeya Begum

Portrait of Abdul Latif Sheikh and his wife Rokeya Begum next to their household tubewell, in Purbo Ganga Burdi, Bangladesh
Padma River ferry crossing

Women look out over the Padma River in Bangladesh during a ferry crossing
Professor Dr Kazi Matin Ahmed

Portrait of Professor Dr Kazi Matin Ahmed, Chairman of the Geology Department, in his office at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Household tubewell

An arsenic-contaminated tube well in a rural household in Kahsar Kandi, Bangladesh
Portrait of Shahaz Uddin

Shahaz Uddin at his home in Totar Bagh, Bangladesh. He has arsenic poisoning from the water in his household well, but lacks the resources or connections to drill a new one.
Do Not Drink sign from arsenic contaminated well

A man holds a sign should be on a well that is contaminated with arsenic. Kahsar Kandi, Bangladesh
Portrait of Shawket Ali

Portrait of Shawket Ali, sand trader and owner of a tubewell, in Kahsar Kandi, Bangladesh
A man with arsenic poisoning

Shah Islam, an arsenic patient, shows his severly mottled skin, a symptom of arsenic poisoning. Merua Village, Bangladesh
Elderly arsenicosis sufferer

An elderly man displays the effects of arsenic poisoning on his body, in Merua Village, Bangladesh
Hands with arsenicosis markings

Hand detail of Rokeya Begum, with the telltale marks of arsenic poisoning. Purbo Ganga Burdi, Bangladesh
Village tube well and cow

A typical village tube well in a rural compound, Kahsar Kandi, Bangladesh
Man showing arsenicosis on hand

Nurul Amin, diagnosed with arsenicosis 15 yrs ago, shows the lesions on his palm.
Parul

A portrait of Parul, who has arsenicosis in Chandpur Village, Bangladesh
Nurul Amin

A portrait of Nuril Amin, who has arsenicosis in Chandpur Village, Bangladesh
Woman collecting drinking water in jars

A woman collects drinking water near Tambulkhana Village in rural Bangladesh
Children by a village tubewell

Children stand by a safe drinking water tube-well in Merua village. UNICEF have declared this community’s drinking water completely arsenic free
Map of village drinking water wells

Villagers look at a map which displays safe and unsafe drinking water wells in Batachow Village, Bangladesh
Women using tubewell

Women collect water from a local tube well, Ikra, Bangladesh
Girl drinking from a village tubewell

A young girl drinking from an arsenic-contaminated well in Totar Bagh, Bangladesh
Children by a rural pond

Children by a pond in Totar Bagh Village, Bangladesh
Portrait of mother and son in front of their house

Mariam Begum, 35, with her son, Razul Sikder. Her husband, Kashem Sikder, was 45 when he died, and had to have his foot amputated beforehand. Purbo Ganga Burdi, Bangladesh
Faridpur political poster

Propaganda poster in Faridpur, Bangladesh, showing Minister for Rural Development and Faridpur MP who says nobody died recently from arsenic
Young man with glass of water

A young man looks at a sample of drinking water in a village in Faridpur, Bangladesh
Water filtration system

A Unicef-funded central water filtration system in Batachow Village, Bangladesh
Woman using tap water

Villagers using a piped water system in Tenguri Para, Bangladesh
A woman drinking from a rural tubewell

Rokeya Begum drinks from a village tubewell she believes to be safe, but is later found out to be contaminated with arsenic. Purbo Ganga Burdi, Bangladesh

Bangladesh Arsenic Water Poisoning