Arsenic Foundation

Last Update June 2nd, 2008


MELANOSIS	KERATOSIS	CARCINOMA	GANGRENE

Ceritificate Of Incorporation Arsenic Project Home Page
Prof. Wilson Home Page

More pictures can be found here.

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 has just been finished in Pabna in time for the monsoon.
complete with a storage tank with pipelines to many of the kitchens
and chlorination instruction is given 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

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. Ecouragement of chlorination as a standard procedure for 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


Sanitary dugwell in Ruppur,Pabna Region	Associated storage tank.	Lady drinking water from a tap in her kitchen

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 OF ADVERTIZING IMPORTANCE OF CHLORINATION
(3) Disseminating information about the projects on the arsenic website http://arsenic.ws
(4) Funding the DCH medical disaster team for cyclone and other disasters to ensure water supplies

For more details of the dugwell project see the detailed paper here

For discussion of all remediation options see the remediation page of the website

President and Treasurer:	Dr Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Secretary :	Dr David Christiani, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
Directors :	Dr Charles Harvey, Professor. MIT Dr Meera Smith , UC Berkeley Dr Quasi Quamruzzaman, Dhaka Community Hospital

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

For a printable version of these two pages click here

To see a more detailed list of pictures on this website, click here.

Contact Information :

Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics. emeritus, President and Treasurer
617 495 3387 (day)
617 332 4823 (evening)
DTC number for sending securities available on request