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Cancer Burden from Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh

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  • Chen, Y.
  • Ahsan, H.

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We assessed the potential burden of internal cancers due to arsenic exposure in Bangladesh. We estimated excess lifetime risks of death from liver, bladder, and lung cancers using an exposure distribution, death probabilities, and cancer mortality rates from Bangladesh and dose-specific relative risk estimates from Taiwan. Results indicated at least a doubling of lifetime mortality risk from liver, bladder, and lung cancers (229.6 vs 103.5 per 100000 population) in Bangladesh owing to arsenic in drinking water.

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  • Chen, Y. & Ahsan, H., 2004. "Cancer Burden from Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(5), pages 741-744.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:5:741-744_9
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    1. Samuel Brazys & Minhaj Mahmud, 2022. "Poisoning the Well? The "Last Mile" Politics of Donor Control and Elite Capture in Bangladesh's Arsenic Mitigation," Working Papers 202207, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    2. Yongfang Li & Feng Ye & Anwei Wang & Da Wang & Boyi Yang & Quanmei Zheng & Guifan Sun & Xinghua Gao, 2016. "Chronic Arsenic Poisoning Probably Caused by Arsenic-Based Pesticides: Findings from an Investigation Study of a Household," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, January.
    3. Sheree A. Pagsuyoin & Joost R. Santos & Jana S. Latayan & John R. Barajas, 2015. "A multi-attribute decision-making approach to the selection of point-of-use water treatment," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 35(4), pages 437-452, December.
    4. Peter Atkins & Manzurul Hassan & Christine Dunn, 2007. "Environmental Irony: Summoning Death in Bangladesh," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 39(11), pages 2699-2714, November.
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    6. Fengjun Shao & Wenfeng Wang & Qingfeng Lu & Kexin Che & Bo Zhu, 2024. "Spatial Distribution of Arsenic in the Aksu River Basin, Xinjiang, China: The Cumulative Frequency Curve and Geostatistical Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-15, February.

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