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Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification – Support to Arsenic Mitigation
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Background:
In 2000, the Governments of Canada and Bangladesh established a bilateral development assistance project known as the Environmental Technology Verification – Arsenic Mitigation (ETV-AM) Project to help Bangladesh develop and implement a scientifically defensible, third party method for validating the proponents’ performance claims for arsenic removal technologies.
We are taking it one step further and discussing all facets of chemical spills, chemical transportation, toxic torts, personal injuries, serious chemical burns, and discussions with accident attorneys who deal with these types of deadly incidents. During the original ETV-AM Project, performance verification by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) of arsenic removal technologies prior to its sale in Bangladesh was made a legal requirement. Arsenic is one of the many toxic chemicals discussed on this site. Even diesel fuel, such as that used for big rig trucks is a deadly and cancerous substance. Couple that with the chemicals in a car crash fire, and you create an even deadlier batch of death and destruction.
The original Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR) was designated by GoB as the verification authority for arsenic removal technologies (ARTs). Five arsenic removal technologies were tested in five hydrogeologically different regions of Bangladesh and four technologies (Read F household unit, Sono 45-25, Alcan household unit, SIDKO community unit) were provisionally certified for sale in Bangladesh. The ETV-AM Verification Report summarizes the findings and observations from the field testing and verification of five (5) arsenic removal technologies.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing a successor project, known as the Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification – Support to Arsenic Mitigation (BETV-SAM) Project was signed in January 2006. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is the lead partner on behalf of the Government of Canada. The Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA) is the Canadian Executing Agency (CEA) for BETV-SAM working in partnership with the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and BCSIR. BETV-SAM is in the process of field testing and performance verification of seven technologies. The performance verification and the local capacity building program will continue until March 31 st 2009.
