2015
DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v7i3.23540
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An Appraisal of Arsenic and Pesticide Toxicity for Economically Terminal People: a Snap Shot of North-Western Part of Bangladesh

Abstract: 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 stu… Show more

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