Arsenicosis, a disease caused by toxicity of arsenic, has been reported as a severe global health threat for the millions of peoples who are bound to use arsenic contaminated ground water as the main source of drinking water. Arsenicosis can be managed by using synthetic remedies. But, most of these synthetic remedies have side effect and/or are costly for the people of poor countries where arsenicosis is more prevalent. Hence, research on an alternative strategy for management of arsenicosis is important for public health. In this study, as a strategy to manage arsenicosis, a diet regime containing proper foods and vitamin C supplementation was suggested to follow for six months by arsenicosis patients who were selected from three study areas located in northwestern districts (Nawabganj and Rajshahi) of Bangladesh. It was found that the suggested diet regime can cause significant reduction of urinary arsenic excretion, enhancement of blood hemoglobin level, and improvement of keratosis condition in investigated arsenicosis patients after following the diet regime for six months, indicating a positive role of diet regime on betterment of health condition of arsenicosis patients.

The aims of this study were to detect the levels of arsenic (As) and selected organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in the drinking water and the water from surface sources, respectively for a small section of poor people of the country Bangladesh, and to relate the levels of these offensive chemicals with their acute physical ailments. Mean levels of As in drinking water from tube wells are found 0.10 ± 0.01 mg L -1 , which are nearly ten times higher than the maximum tolerable limits for humans. Correlation studies suggest that higher level of As is significantly correlated with total dissolved solids (TDS) and with few more water quality parameters investigated here. Similar to that, residues of selected OPPs in surface water of the area are also found several fold higher (0.24 -0.48 µg L -1 ) than the expected levels, and if the suspended solids of that water are considered then the residue levels would have been further higher. This study has a merit for its findings regarding As toxicity as well as possible OPPs contamination in the investigated area, and suffering of the people from both exposures in relation with their poor economical power is addressed.