Chemical Contaminants and Pollutants in the Measurable Life of Dhaka City

Abstract

Environmental pollution and food contamination are as old as the civilization itself. It is the consequence of the development of civilization, over utilization of nature, industrialization and in fact a price for the progress. It is highly prominent in Dhaka city. Air pollution is mainly due to the vehicle emission, industrial discharge and burning of fossil fuel. The water resource of Dhaka becomes a major health threat due to arsenic contamination, inadequate household/industrial/medical waste disposal and industrial effluent management. Food contamination came from the commercialism of business people who are doing this knowingly to maximize profit. Necessary steps are to be taken to protect the environment for our own existence. This paper reveals chemical pollution and contamination issues of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Purpose of the study: Brief review of chemical induced pollution and contamination, their consequences and control. Healthcare providers/Policy makers have a major role play to concerned field. Materials and Methods: Comprehensive literature search followed by consulting healthcare professionals about environmental pollution and food contamination. Hospital, clinic and company personnel, newspaper journalists, NGO workers given their valuable suggestions and asked help for necessary books, journal, newsletters. A few western magazine and newspapers also observed to get necessary concern. Projections were based on public life pattern, their food habits, pollution and contamination sources, waste disposal features of urban life as well as industry and hospital waste disposals. Results and Discussions: Pollution and adulteration are the most notorious enemy of mankind. Civilization has its own drawback that even causing destruction of itself. Very few people raised voice on this but crippled by the facts of commercialism. The scope of this article is limited to chemical pollution of air and water, medical or household waste products and food contaminants and adulterants. A few discussions based on real life experience and recent studies or reports from various journals and news articles are summarized here. Findings: Both general people and the old system, are responsible for this unlivable condition of Dhaka city. Population is not the sole for this instance. A sense of poor rules and regulation is always raised everywhere. Negligence is becoming a contagious disease contaminating illiterate to well educated, all kind of people. Research limitations: Many articles and documents found in concerned area of research, but the scope of this research is on its focus point chemical hazards and burdens of Dhaka city. Still the most important aspect is covered, but fact is less amount of recent data found in few areas. Practical Implication: The language of this article is too simple to understand by people with simple literacy. Journalists, doctors, students, nurses, pharmacists, public representatives, policy makers and regulatory authorities have to acquire much from this article. Social Implication: Any article or research is based on the think beneficence for mankind, at least going ahead from the present situation, overwhelming problems and measures. The article should create a direction for the future policy makers of both government and other sectors to review the frustrating situation of chemical pollutions and food contaminants of Dhaka, along with the whole Bangladesh. Again, world business is moving to Asian countries, Bangladesh will be a major business hub within next few decades. This article should remind policy makers that we should not forget mankind, giving places to industrialization and development.