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The socio-economics of arsenic removal

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Nearly an eighth of the population in Bangladesh relies on arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Arsenic-removal filters could help to reduce exposure, but their price is high for the poor and their maintenance is cumbersome.

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Figure 1: A community arsenic-removal plant.

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Acknowledgements

The arsenic filter evaluation study was made possible with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency, and the technical support of UNICEF and the government of Bangladesh's Department of Public Health Engineering. We acknowledge the qualitative research contributions of study team members S. Akhter, K. R. Akhter and T. H. Monju.

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  1. Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, Dübendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland

    Richard Bart Johnston

  2. Planning Alternatives for Change LLC, PO Box 8952, University Station, Portland, 97207, Oregon, USA

    Suzanne Hanchett

  3. Pathways Consulting Services Ltd, 3/12 Block-F, Lalmatia, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mohidul Hoque Khan

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Johnston, R., Hanchett, S. & Khan, M. The socio-economics of arsenic removal. Nature Geosci 3, 2–3 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo735

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