APPEAL
- PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO
RESCUE
PEOPLE FROM ARSENIC POISONING
ARSENIC
PROBLEM IN NEPAL AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Use
of arsenic containing water from private tubewells causes health problems and
deaths
in areas south from Himalaya with thick layer of sand and clay sediments.
WHO
has declared “Arsenic is highly toxic in its inorganic form. Contaminated water
used
for drinking, food preparation and irrigation of food crops poses the greatest
threat
public
health from arsenic.”
WHO
Media Centre Fact Sheet Arsenic 2016
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs372/en/
Arsenic
occurs naturally in the earth’s crust. In Nepal, the alluvial sediments
deposited by rivers draining from the
Himalayas
have been implicated as the major source of arsenic in groundwater lying in the
flat plain of Tarai.
Tarai
region consists of 14% Nepal and around 49% population of the country. Ground
water is a lifeline of Tarai
region
of Nepal because around 90% populations are depending upon dug wells and tube
wells for drinking and
irrigation
purpose.
The
most marginalized and disadvantaged households who lack education and awareness
regarding the health and
sanitation;
they are the most vulnerable to the crisis. From recent survey of government,
around 0.5 million people
from
Tarai region of Nepal; particularly from disadvantaged communities, are using
the arsenic contaminated drinking
water.
A few interventions such as water testing and awareness program have been done
by the government but,
efforts
are hardly effective due to the preemptive level of the community people.
References:
Kayastha, s. p., (2015). Arsenic contamination in the deep and shallow
groundwater of Bara district, Nepal. Crossing the border:
international
journal of interdisciplinary studies volume 3; number 1; Pp65-69;
http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/CTBIJIS/article/download/14091/11413
Shrestha,
R. (2012). "Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Nepal: Good Public
Health Intention Gone Bad." Student Pulse, 4(09).
http://www.studentpulse.com/a?id=701
CAUSE
OF THE ARSENIC PROBLEM
We
don’t yet know for certain why there is arsenic in the water. What we do have
is A NEW HYPOTHESIS and NEW
NIRI-METHODOLOGY
to prove the hypothesis. The contamination of the groundwater is assumed to be
the natural
concentration
of contaminants. So far undeniable scientifically proven explanation has not
been given. We have
beliefs
and studies that take as granted that arsenic is already in the ground and
nothing can be done about that.
Because
of this belief all solutions concentrate on filtering the arsenic contaminated
water. In NIRI methodology by
finnish
Asko Vasarvuori testwells are constructed in natural area with different
tubematerials. Different states of
water
are taken into account: natural, contaminated, regained and remnant quality.
HYPOTHESIS
Arsenic
contamination of water is not solely due to geological factors.
Electrochemical
dissolution of carbon steel pipe in small tubewells launches arsenic in sole to
the ground water.
Carbon
steel contamination spreads with water flow into deep and wide zones.
RESEARCH
A
research is planned and ready to launch in Nepal with new practical
NIRI-methodology.
Timetable
is 6 months and budget 60 000 euros. Experts are ready to work according to the
research plan.
ACTION
NEEDED
There
is probability that this research shows that it is possible to get pure water
from small tubewells.
In
that case the research contributes to preventing illnesses and saving thousands
of lives.
Your
effort in launching this research is important!
IF
YOU HAVE RESOURCES, PLEASE FUND THE RESEARCH!
Please
send this information further!
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WELCOME TO SHARE OUR
COMPASSION IN DIMINISHING SUFFERING IN THE WORLD!
Pipe Well, Nepal, Bangladesh,
West Bengal, Pakistan, Arsenic Poisoning, Emergency.
