River Water Quality-
Exposure risks and Impact on the poor
Moahmmed Abed Hossain, BUET, Bangladesh
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• The river system remains mostly
anaerobic for the entire dry
season (December – May)
• Worst condition where municipal
and industrial waste dumped
together
• Metals (Cr, Cu, Pb, Cd, Se, Li)
higher than standards in all
points
• High in same areas where
municipal settlements are high
• Toxicity shows high correlation
with heavy metals
Toxicity d/s to municipal hotspot
River after birth of
Bangladesh (1972)
River Turag in 2018)

Higher skin disease,
hypertension and cancer
than control site (subject
to seasonal flooding from
polluted water)
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• Higher expenditure on
health when in contact
with river water
• Poorer HH likely to be in
contact with river water
at its worst pollution state

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