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Monday, March 22, 2010

[chottala.com] Arsenic contamination



 

Arsenic contamination in groundwater, food chains puts food security at risk

UNB, Dhaka

The country's food security is at high risk due to emerging threats of arsenic contamination in groundwater and food chains, which also pose severe health hazards for millions of people.
According to a paper released Monday, urgent action is needed with integrated efforts involving Ministries concerned, NGOs and development partners to address arsenic contamination of water and food for mitigating the impact in the human bodies.
The government and the United Nations jointly launched the publication titled 'Towards an arsenic Safe Environment in Bangladesh' at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center on the occasion of World Water Day-2010.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque and UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh Renata Lok Dessallien attended the launching ceremony.
Prof Dr A Atiq Rahman, environmentalist and also executive director of Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies (BCAS), in a presentation at the function said arsenic contamination poses major challenges to achieving the goal of safe water for all by 2011.
Referring to a recent survey conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF, he mentioned that 12.6 percent of households - equivalent to 20 million people - still drink water containing arsenic above the government standard of 50 micrograms per liter.
Dr A Atiq Rahman said scientists have identified arsenic contamination as the emerging threats in health and agriculture sectors. There are more evidences of health impact of arsenic, which can significantly increase mortality from various types of cancers, heart attacks and cardio-pulmonary diseases.
Referring to the suggestion of a research work, he said rice irrigated with arsenic contaminated water can contribute substantially to the daily intake of arsenic in Bangladesh because it is the staple food.
Addressing the function, Matia Chowdhury said the Ministry of Agriculture has taken steps to ensure proper management of surface water, including rainwater conservation. "Our demand is not only for arsenic free water but also to ensure safe drinking water."
The Agriculture Minister, however, contested the findings of arsenic in the food chains saying that tampering has been done everywhere suggesting arsenic in rice and vegetables. "The reality should be understood and we've to think considering our own reality," she said.
Mentioning arsenic contamination in groundwater found in early 90s, Health Minister Dr Ruhal Haque said the government is addressing the issues of arsenic problems under health and nutritional programmes.


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[chottala.com] Re: [ History Islam ] Bangladesh's floating schools : Combating Global Warming in Bangladesh



For peaceful secured society & to live peacefully in Bangladesh lawful justified administration is required & to run the lawful justified administration the political leaders of Bangladesh are needed to be justified honest & learned efficient to making justified rules of law & to do justified work equally for all people's well fare for maintaining the people's life & their family lives in the secured atmosphere. It is not wise & justified for the political leaders to be shameless selfish to do work only for their own betterments by increasing their own salary other own benefits & creating the fields to do corruptions. It is not wise & justified to creating people's disasters in speaking wise fewer talks & in doing nasty politics using the students & the teachers in school College University. They should need to justify thinking for food for thought to get good idea to do good work for the people of the country as good justified politicians. .

But on reading the news papers the statements of the ministers the speaking of the political leaders & the talking of the political activists it seems to me that it is very essentially needed to open many quality knowledge schools for providing quality knowledge educations to the people

a)       who are doing politics as political activists

b)       who are becoming the members of the parliament

c)       who are becoming the leaders of the parliament & political party

d)       who are becoming the ministers of the ministry administration

e)       who is becoming the prime minister of the ministerial government administration  &

f)         who is becoming the president of total  administrations in Bangladesh

To do quality politics & for making them

i)                     quality knowledge educated efficient persons &

ii)                   quality active lawful skilled administrators to rule Bangladesh lawfully in skilful way efficient actively

The political leaders & political activists also

1)       are needed to learn for knowing the problems of the people as being well wisher of the people

2)       are needed to learn for knowing the resources of the country as wise educated persons

3)       are needed to learn for creating the new resources in the country as educated thoughtful research work persons

4)       are needed to learn for  educating the people as skilled educated being good skilled leaders

5)       are needed to learn for providing the people jobs employments stabling mill industries & various business & job centers

6)       are needed to learn for making the social security to the people being social well fare minded

7)       are needed to learn for constituting the rules of law policy of guidance in the constitution as quality learned law makers

For ruling Bangladesh & for leading the nation under the lawful system administration to establishing

8)       justice of law

9)       justice of humanity

10)   justice of social security &

11)   Justice of human right.

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--- On Mon, 22/3/10, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:


From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [ History Islam ] Bangladesh's floating schools : Combating Global Warming in Bangladesh
To: "Khobor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, history_islam@yahoogroups.com, chottala@yahoogroups.com
Received: Monday, 22 March, 2010, 7:29 AM

 
Bangladesh's floating schools
Riz Khan - Bangladesh&#39;s floating schools - 31 Dec 09 - Part 1
who is doing something about it. ... rizkhan aljazeera al jazeera riz khan Mohammed Rezwan glenn baker bangladesh climate change poverty
Bangladesh's floating schools - 31 Dec 09 - Part 1
 
 
Riz Khan - Bangladesh's floating schools - 31 Dec 09 - Part 2
 
A Floating Future - Bangladesh
 

 

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[chottala.com] Violation of Human rights and the threats to the due process of law, peace and justice in Bangladesh



Plz. click the link below to read more:
 
 
The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, hold a news conference today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to call for an end to human rights violations in Bangladesh.
At the news conference, American Muslim leaders called for — among other things — an end to extra-judicial arrests and killings, ensuring multiparty democracy, stopping abuse of the police, judiciary and administration to subdue the opposition, restoration of the rule of law, and immediate release of all those who have been unlawfully detained.
AMT is an umbrella organization that includes American Muslim Alliance (AMA), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), MAS-Freedom, Muslim Student Association-National (MSA-N), Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA), and United Muslims of America (UMA). Its observer organizations include American Muslims for Civic Engagement (AMCE), Islamic Educational Council of Orange County (IECOC), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC).
Nihad Awad of  CAIR , Imam Mahdy Bray of  MAS-FF, Dr. Sulayman Nyang of MACC-PAC, Selim Akhtar of AMT, Dr. Abul Kashem of BAIS discussed wide spread human right violations, suppressing opposition and wrongful accusation and persecution of Islamic leaders in the name of so-called "war crime issues " was addressed. Deputy Ambassodor of BD in Washington DC was in the audiance, along with some local Awami League leaders.
 
From the news conference AMT forwarded a petition to U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
 
 


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