Welcome to Better Life Laboratories’ Homepage

• About Better Life Laboratories

• Our Research on Metal-affected Drinking Water in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
  • Achievements

  • Introduction: A 7 Minute Video

  • Overview: A Slideshow with 24 Slides

  • Publications
    1. The Nature, Extent, Health Risks, and Treatment of Arsenic-affected Drinking Water in Bangladesh
       • Book Chapter in Portable Document Format (PDF)

    2. The Concentrations of Arsenic and Other Toxic Elements in Bangladesh’s Drinking Water
       • Journal Article in PDF

    3. Assessment of Exposure to Arsenic and Other Elements from Bangladesh’s Drinking Water, Rice, and Soil
       • Conference Poster in PDF

    4. The Development and Use of an Innovative Laboratory Method for Measuring Arsenic in Drinking Water from Western Bangladesh
       • Journal Article in PDF

    5. Public Health Strategies for Western Bangladesh that Address the Arsenic, Manganese, Uranium and Other Toxic Elements in Their Drinking Water
       • Journal Article in PDF

    6. Technical Problems with Home-Scale Coagulation for Removing Arsenic and Other Toxic Elements from Western Bangladesh’s Drinking Water
       • Conference Poster in PDF

    7. Neighborhood Scale Mapping of Multi-Metal Groundwater Contamination in West Bengal, India
       • Conference Poster in PDF

• Analytical Methods
  • Field Application of ASTM Method D 5831 at Fuel-contaminated Sites

  • Measuring Total Arsenic in Drinking Water using Arsenomolybdate

  • Measuring As(III) in Drinking Water using Arsenomolybdate (In preparation)

  • Calculating the Lowest Reportable Concentrations of Toxic Chemicals in the Environment (In preparation)

• How to Make a Tax Deductible Contribution of Money or Equipment to Better Life Laboratories

• E-mail the President of Better Life Laboratories, Seth H. Frisbie, Ph.D. (shf3@cornell.edu).
• Write us at Better Life Laboratories, 293 George Rd., East Calais, VT 05650, USA.