Diabetes mellitus associated with arsenic exposure in Bangladesh

Article Abstract:

Researchers conducted a study to examine whether arsenic exposure is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus. They conducted a survey in Bangladesh among 163 subjects with keratosis taken as exposed to arsenic and 184 who were not exposed. The presence of diabetes mellitus was determined by history of symptoms, diagnosed diabetes, blood sugar levels after sugar consumption, and glycosuria. The results revealed there is a link between arsenic exposure and increased risk of diabetes mellitus.

Risk factors, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus

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Drinking water arsenic in Utah: a cohort mortality study

Article Abstract:

Researches studied the health effects of exposure to drinking water arsenic. These effects include increased mortality rates from hypertensive heart disease and prostate cancer among the male cohort studied, and increased mortality rates from hypertensive heart disease, pericarditis, and pulmonary heart disease among the women cohort.

United States

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The relationship of arsenic levels in drinking water and the prevalence rate of skin lesions in Bangladesh

Article Abstract:

Research presented concerns the relationship between arsenic induced skin lesions and level of arsenic exposure in people who drink from contaminated wells in Bangladesh. Results confirm a dose-response relationship and finds a higher rate of skin lesions in males.

Bangladesh, Statistical Data Included, Environmental aspects, Skin lesions

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