Collapse of Socio-economic Base of Bangladesh by Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater

Chowdhury, Mohammad; Uddin, M. T.; Ahmed, Mushfique; Ali, Mohammad; ., S.M.A. Rasul; Hoque, M. A.; Alam, Raquibul; Sharmin, Raisa; Uddin, Salah; Islam, Monirul

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“…Severe depression was higher among primary education group and mild to moderate depressive symptoms were more among illiterate respondents. But many studies showed that education can directly affect heath outcome by making process of information and health conscious [17,18]. Due to superstitions and prejudices of disease 30 to 80% people thought of arsenicosis as devil or impure air or a curse of God.…”

Section: Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The people who were not drinking As contaminated water scared of arsenicosis, tend to avoid arsenic victims, barred from social activities, not allowed arsenicosis patients to attend social and religious programme, denied to take water from their deep tube well, not allowed to take baths in any of the village ponds/ river and students were debarred from school [10]. Social condition of married women of arsenicosis victim were grave, lead to a break-down of the marital relationships, some were separated or divorced or sent back to their parents' house [10,17]. Usually, people are not interested to make marital relationships with the families who were suffering from arsenicosis, that caused anxiety for both patients and parents of arsenic-affected area [17].…”

Section: Family Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social condition of married women of arsenicosis victim were grave, lead to a break-down of the marital relationships, some were separated or divorced or sent back to their parents' house [10,17]. Usually, people are not interested to make marital relationships with the families who were suffering from arsenicosis, that caused anxiety for both patients and parents of arsenic-affected area [17]. However, some studies conducted in arsenic affected areas reported that arsenic exposures are correlated with various neurologic problems [19].…”

Section: Family Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prevalent of arsenicosis patients were more among the poor [17] and had dietary deficiency [8]. They were remaining untreated due to financial constringent.…”

Section: Monthly Incomementioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship between depression and socio-demographic and illness characteristics in arsenicosis population in Bangladesh

Islam

Akter²,

Lasker

2021

Health Sci. Q.

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A community based cross-sectional study was carried out by a self-structured questionnaire on 168 participants aged between 18 and 60 years at two arsenic prone area of Bangladesh to determine the association between extent of depression and socio-demographic as well as illness characteristics in arsenicosis population. The mean age ± SD was 42 ± 10.15 years. Female respondents were almost twice (63.1%) than the males (36.9%) in this study. Most of the respondents (94.0%) were shallow tube well water user. Among them most (80.0%) of the respondents were detected as arsenic contaminated water consumer over more than six months. Study estimated that almost half (44.3%) of the participants had suffered from mild to moderate depression in the moderate arsenicosis group. Less than quarter (20.8%) participants suffered severe depression in severe arsenicosis group. Quarter (26.7%) had mild arsenicosis with no depression. This difference was not significant. Gender had significant influence on proportion of level of depression. Females significantly suffered more from depressive symptoms than males. More than two third of the female respondents suffered from some kind of depressive symptoms; where less than one third of the males were suffered from depressive symptoms. Age has no significant relation with depression. Respondents who were 48 years and above age group had highest percentages of severe depressive symptoms (35.8%). This age group also suffered from highest percentage of mild to moderate depression (37.1%). Though most of the respondent (85.1) had no diabetes and hypertension. Respondents with physical illness suffered more from some sorts of depression than those without illness, but the result is not statistically significant. We understood that depression has health challenges in adult arsenicosis patients. Therefore, physicians should take account depression in their treatment management when deal with arsenicosis patients.

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Section: Family Statusmentioning

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Section: Family Statusmentioning

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“…Prevalent of arsenicosis patients were more among the poor [17] and had dietary deficiency [8]. They were remaining untreated due to financial constringent.…”

Section: Monthly Incomementioning

confidence: 99%

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Akter²,

Lasker

2021

Health Sci. Q.

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“…It is estimated that 40 percent of the peri-urban and rural inhabitants of the Hetao Plain, or roughly three hundred thousand people, are suffering from arsenical dermatosis (Mao et al 2010). The social and economic calamities caused by arsenic in drinking water are considered comparable to second hand smoke and indoor radon gas (Chowdhury et al 2006). Chronic arsenic toxicity is linked to "cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive prob lems, and malignancies" (Mao et al 2010) and has been demonstrated to hinder the cognitive and intellectual development of children in Baotou (Li et al 2003).…”

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Rare Earth Frontiers

Klinger¹

2019

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To those whose love and hospitality provided a warm respite amid the more intense periods of fieldwork, thank you. To Ward Lynds and Zhang Yazhou, my dear friends of fifteen years in Changchun. To Brendan and Angela Acord in Beijing, my beloved bon vivants. To Jeffrey Warner, Yang Weina, and Zhao Qiuwan in Shanghai. To Gustavo Oliveira in Brasília, and to my dear Brazilian family, whom I had the good fortune of encountering in both Brazil and China. our long conversations, cele brations, and laughter sustain me. Renato, Dulcinea, Daniela, Guilherme, Kika, Manuela, Anahi, and most of all, José Renato Peneluppi Jr. To my intellectual godparents, mentors, and dear friends, Joshua Muldavin and Monica Varsanyi. Thank you for lighting my way and sharing so much of your lives with me, from Beijing to New York City.To my family, thank you for your love, encouragement, and zest for adventure. As long as I can remember, you've told me to go far, be brave, have fun, and do the right thing. I will always do my best to make you proud.To my dear spouse, life partner, and best friend, Nick Bojda. Thank you for every single conversation, for circling the globe with me, and for not only enduring long absences but cheering me through them. Your love and support mean the world to me.Portions of chapters 1 and 2 appeared in earlier form in "Historical Geography of Rare Earth Ele ments. From Discovery to the Atomic Age," The Extractive Industries and Society 2, no. 3 ( 2015): 572-80. Portions of chapters 1 and 3 are reprinted from "The Environment-Security Nexus in Con temporary Rare Earth Politics," in The Po liti cal Economy of Rare Earth Ele ments. Rising Powers and Technological Change, edited by Ryan David Kiggins (New York: Macmillan, 2015), 133-55. Thank you for supporting my scholarly work.Fi nally, I am im mensely grateful for the support provided by my editor, Jim Lance, and the publishing team at Cornell University Press. Thank you for your stewardship over this proj ect.All translations in the text are my own, as are any remaining errors or shortcomings. Except where indicated in the text, this book uses metric mea surements. Large volumes are mea sured in tonnes, the singular of which is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. These are not to be confused with the American ton, which is a unit of mass equal to 907.2 kilograms, or 2,000 pounds.

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Assessment of the Social Impact of Arsenicosis Through Groundwater Arsenic Poisoning in Malda District

Poddar

Mukhopadhyay²,

Das³

2022

Monitoring and Managing Multi-Hazards

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Collapse of Socio-economic Base of Bangladesh by Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater

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Relationship between depression and socio-demographic and illness characteristics in arsenicosis population in Bangladesh

Relationship between depression and socio-demographic and illness characteristics in arsenicosis population in Bangladesh

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Assessment of the Social Impact of Arsenicosis Through Groundwater Arsenic Poisoning in Malda District

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