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	Chronic Arsenic Poisoning - http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/arsenic/arsenic_project_introduction.html Arsenic project introduction (Harvard and MIT): History, Study and Remediation.
	Arsenic in Drinking Water; WHO Factsheet - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs210/en/index.html Summarises the causes, possible remedies, and the extent of the problem in the region.
	West Bengal and Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Centre - http://bicn.com/acic/ Includes information on the causes, effects, and possible mitigation of the environmental health problem in this region, where tens of millions are drinking ground water contaminated with arsenic.
	The Dhaka Declarations - http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/arsenic/countries/bangladesh/Dhaka_declaration.html Presents the four formal declarations issued up to 2002, from participants in the conferences seeking ways to alleviate the poisoning problems.
	Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh/India - http://www.sos-arsenic.net/ Sos-Arsenic focuses on Arsenic problem in Bangladesh and India. There are a number of articles and pictures available too. Site can also be translated in French, German and Spanish.

	Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater - http://www.bgs.ac.uk/arsenic/home.html British Geological Survey reports on arsenic studies carried out to Bangladesh and other areas. View the news release re: writ served to BGS for negligence in not testing for the presence of arsenic in groundwater while carrying out research in 1992.
	Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal - http://bicn.com/acic/resources/infobank/eg180102/eg180102.htm Article investigating the levels and sources of contamination of water in parts of the state, by Das and others.
	Possible Arsenic-Contamination-Free Groundwater Source in Bangadesh - http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/arsenic/conferences/ChakrabortiSummaryof2-12-01.html Summary of an account of the problem and possible solutions. Includes tables showing areas with different levels of contamination.
	BBC News; Water filter set to save lives - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2127343.stm "A Bangladeshi scientist is due to launch a new filter which could prove a major breakthrough in the battle against arsenic poisoning."
	Genesis of high arsenic groundwater in the Bengal Delta Plains - http://hem.passagen.se/broemssen/abstract.html Mattias von Brömssen writes on the soil chemistry that causes the problem.

Yahoo! Groups : Arsenic-Source - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arsenic-source/ Discussion group on the source/mobilisation of arsenic in groundwater, in West Bengal, Bangladesh and elsewhere.

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