Asia and Middle East

Daily Times, Pakistan - Twin cities water contaminated- September 29, 2004
ISLAMABAD: Fearing a cholera outbreak caused by contaminated water, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has tested 21 water samples and found that bacterial contamination is causing acute water diarrhoea.

MEMRI-Nuclear Scientists in Iraq: Citizens Stole Uranium and Other Dangerous Materials- May 1, 2003
"When order was disrupted, simple citizens - sorry to say - did not have containers to store drinking water, so they stole those barrels, each one containing 400 kilos of radioactive uranium. Some of them dumped the powder on the ground in very large quantities, and others took the contaminated barrels to their homes, and the barrels appeared in various areas. They stored water in them, and had every intention of drinking from them or [using] the barrels to sell milk."

BBC-Iraq faces water pollution threat - April 29, 2003
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has made an urgent appeal for hundreds of tonnes of chlorine gas to treat Iraq's drinking water. The organisation says that, without treatment, millions of Iraqis could face epidemics of water-borne disease.

Contaminated water affects millions in Bangladesh
A five-day conference is meeting to suggest remedies for the naturally-occurring arsenic that is poisoning Bangladesh's ground water.
>>86% relevance | 08/02/1998

Bangladesh arsenic crisis
Tests on 50,000 wells in Bangladesh have shown that around 40 percent are too contaminated with arsenic to provide drinking water.
>>86% relevance | 10/01/1999

Poisoned water endangers millions
Arsenic is contaminating water pumped from wells in Bangladesh, putting the lives of tens of millions of people at risk.
>>85% relevance | 27/03/1998

Arsenic poses stroke risk
Arsenic consumed via contaminated drinking water is linked to hardening of the arteries and stroke risk.
>>85% relevance | 26/03/2002

Fern eats up arsenic
Scientists discover a fern that thrives on arsenic and which could now be used to clean up contaminated land and water.
>>83% relevance | 31/01/2001

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