Contaminated Water Bangladesh

Twenty million poor Bangladeshis are still drinking water contaminated with arsenic, two decades after the potentially deadly toxin was discovered in the supply, Human Rights Watch said today.

About 450 employees fell ill on Sunday after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such incident to hit the same garment factory in recent days, police said.

A doctor says about 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a factory near Bangladesh's capital and the building's water supply may have been contaminated.

Hundreds of workers in a Bangladesh garment factory near the capital fell sick on Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water in their workplace, police and factory sources told AFP.

Bangladesh is facing a major drinking-water crisis. Wells in Bangladesh delivering water with high levels of arsenic in it are in many cases used unnecessarily. According to a recent study, researchers report that in their study area other tube wells nearby were safe and could be used instead.

Twenty million poor Bangladeshis are still drinking water contaminated with arsenic, two decades after the potentially deadly toxin was discovered in the supply, Human Rights Watch said today.

About 450 employees fell ill on Sunday after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such incident to hit the same garment factory in recent days, police said.

A doctor says about 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a factory near Bangladesh's capital and the building's water supply may have been contaminated.

Hundreds of workers in a Bangladesh garment factory near the capital fell sick on Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water in their workplace, police and factory sources told AFP.

Bangladesh is facing a major drinking-water crisis. Wells in Bangladesh delivering water with high levels of arsenic in it are in many cases used unnecessarily. According to a recent study, researchers report that in their study area other tube wells nearby were safe and could be used instead.