"This report was researched and written by Richard Pearshouse, senior researcher for the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch"--Acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references. "April 2016"--Table of contents page.
Contents:
Annex 1-5. Tackling Contamination -- Waning Efforts -- Health Impact Ignored -- Failing Response to Arsenic Contamination -- Necessary Steps -- Recommendations: To the Government of Bangladesh -- To the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) -- Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) -- To the Donor Community -- Methodology -- Map -- III. Background: Geology and History -- An Emerging Problem -- Health Impacts -- Policy Lethargy -- II. Findings: Ongoing Exposure -- Political Interference in Government Allocations -- Negligible Health Response -- III. Bangladesh's Legal Obligations: Right to Water -- Right to Health -- Right to Information -- Acknowledgements -- Annex 1-5.
Summary:
"The report, 'Nepotism and Neglect: The Failing Response to Arsenic in the Drinking Water of Bangladesh's Rural Poor,' documents how Bangladeshs health system largely ignores the impact of exposure to arsenic on people's health. An estimated 43,000 people die each year from arsenic-related illness in Bangladesh, according to one study. The government identifies people with arsenic-related illnesses primarily via skin lesions, although the vast majority of those with arsenic-related illnesses dont develop them. Those exposed are at significant risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and lung disease as a result, but many receive no health care at all"--Publisher's description.
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