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DO THESE PICTURES MAKE YOUR HEART BLEED?
IF SO, READ ON!
PLEASE SUPPORT THE
ARSENIC FOUNDATION, INC.
TO HELP VICTIMS IN SOUTH
EAST ASIA & PARTICULARLY IN BANGLADESH.
GET CLEAN AND PURE WATER
PLEASE GIVE WHAT YOU CAN:
$100; $1000; $10,000 OR OTHER (CHECK ONE)
In 2008 a large INDIRA wells for 100
families was finished Pabna in
time for the monsoon, complete with
storage tank with pipelines to many of the kitchens and
chlorination instructions to the villagers.
THE
ARSENIC FOUNDATION IS A NON PROFIT FOUNDATION AND A 501(C) 3
CORPORATION.
GIFTS
ARE FREE OF US
TAX
GIFTS
THROUGH CHARITABLE AID FOUNDATION (CAF)
ARE FREE OF UK
TAX
If a stock gift is contemplated the DTC number can be provided on
request
PRESENT PROJECTS OF THE ARSENIC
FOUNDATION ARE:
1. Support for
installation of sanitary
surface waters, dugwells, pond sand filters, and river
sand
filters in Bangladesh.
2.
Support for reliable
measurement of arsenic and bacteria concentrations
3.
Encouragement of chlorination as a standard procedure for
water supplies
4. Assisting medical disaster teams for
cyclone and other disasters to ensure water supplies
BELOW ARE PICTURES OF A DUGWELL
WITH PIPELINES
PROVIDING PURE WATER TO
PEOPLES'
KITCHENS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.
for a capital cost of only $10
per person
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| Sanitary
dugwell in Ruppur |
Associated
storage tank. |
Lady
drinking water from her kitchen tap |
The
present projects
of the Foundation
are:
(1)
Providing asistance in ensuring reliable measurement of arsenic
concentrations and of coliform bacteria
(2) Providing
assistance for
projects of providing sanitary surface waters, free of bacteria, by
dugwells
pond sand filters or river sand filters. IN
PARTICULAR OFADVERTIZING
IMPORTANCE OF CHLORINATION
(3) Assisting medical
disaster teams for cyclone and other
dsasters to ensure water supplies
(4)
Disseminating
information http://arsenic.ws
On
Conferences:
http://conferences.arsenic.ws
On
Remediation:
http://remediation.arsenic.ws
More Pictures of sufferers:
http://pictures.arsenic.ws
On Countries details:
http://countries.arsenic.ws
Detail of
PABNA:
http://PABNA.arsenic.ws
Measurement Detail:
http://DCHTests.arsenic.ws
For more details of the dugwell project
see the detailed
paper at http://physics.harvard.edu/~wilson/publications/pp888.pdf
or
discussion of all remediation options see the remediation page at http://remediation.arsenic.ws
President
and Treasurer :
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Dr
Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt
Research Professor of Physics, Harvard University |
Secretary :
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Dr David
Christiani, Harvard Medical
School and Harvard School of Public Health Conferences
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| Directors
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Dr Charles Harvey. MIT
Dr Meera Smith, UC
Berkeley
Dr
Quasi Quamruzzaman, Dhaka Community Hospital
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The Board
of
Directors
receive no salary
Other
charities exist with similar aims but different locations.
For example if you want to support new wells in West Bengal, you might
consider PROJECT
WELL
at http://www.projectwellusa.org
Contact Information :
Richard
Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of
Physics. emeritus, President
and Treasurer
Email
Email: wilson5@fas.harvard.edu
617 495
3387 (day)
617 332 4823 (evening)
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