Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health (Shyamal Chowdhury, Annabelle Krause, Klaus F. Zimmermann, VOX)

Across the world, 650 million people still lack access to clean water, despite great progress over last two decades. This column looks at the case of Bangladesh, where around 45 million people are at risk from drinking water that is contaminated with naturally occurring arsenic. Drinking this water can lead to symptoms of arsenicosis, which have a significant negative impact on mental health and thus on household productivity and wellbeing.

http://voxeu.org/article/contaminated-water-and-mental-health-evidence-bangladesh