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Discussion on Hussam’s Efforts to Curb Arsenic in the Ground Water


Recently Professor Abul Hussam of George Mason University got Grainger Challange Gold Awards for inventing a Sono Filter which would filter the water out of the arsenic. Professor Hussam's two brothers Professor Abul Barakat of the Department of Economics, Dhaka University and Dr Munir , a physician from Kushtia.

While Dr Munir said that his involvement has primarily been caused by his concerns about Arsenic oriented diseases, Professor Abul Barakat reflects on its socio-economic impact.

They have insisted that with the use of the Sono Filter , diseases related to arsenic have not been seen but they also say that a huge amount of money need to be invested for the households to have the access to the filter , the production cost for which still remain very high.

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