The Arsenic contamination in the groundwater of Bangladesh is not only the reason of serious health hazards for the people, but also the cause of a widespread social problem. The rural people due to their ignorance, superstitions and lack of information, consider the diseases caused by Arsenic a "Gazab" of Allah or a curse of nature. They maintain safe distance from the Arsenic affected people as they think that the disease is like leprosy or other contagious disease. For this reason, the villages affected with Arsenic contamination have become almost isolated from the others.

Nobody wants to come to contact with the Arsenic-affected people. The affected people are bared to come out from their houses. One or such victims, Narayan Shill of Faridpur districts, has become isolated from others as all his social activities have virtually come to an end. For the last 15 years, he has been suffering from Arsenicosis. His hands and feet are full of ulcers. Some of his toes were amputated due to gangrene caused by Arsenic poisoning Narayan Shill cannot move freely in his villages, as the villagers do not allow him to enter into the social places. Even he does not have the right to enter into the tea stall in the village. If he wants to take tea. He has to bring a cup of his own and take tea to his home. He cannot sit there with other people. Two young daughters of Narayan Shill are also affected with Arsenic. Thus, the whole shill family has become separated from the society. The villagers think that all of them were attacked by leprosy or something like that.

Narayan shill did not commit any offence. But he has to fell victim of isolation from the society as like other Arsenic patients in the country. Neighbors do not even allow the Arsenic patients to use the water of their tube-wells. The affected children are varied to enter into their schools. The adults are not allowed to move freely at markets work places, even at the chambers of doctors. With deterioration of their condition, the patients gradually loss their ability to work and thus they feel into poverty.

Arsenic pollution create serious social problems in the family relations in the rural areas. It is difficult to arrange marriage for a young girl affected by Arsenic. Some affected housewives are divorced by their husbands, and even forcibly sent to their paternal home with children.

Most of the people of village Samta of Jessore district are affected by Arsenicosis. The village now turned into an isolated place. Nobody wants to marry any man or women of this village. A large number of families were broken up due to Arsenic poisoning. Nobody tries to realize the fact that the diseases caused by nature. This is nothing but a man made disaster.

A lot of examples may be mentioned here on the social problems created by Arsenic contamination in water. Anjuara Khatun of village Khokshapur in Kushtia district is concerned with her skin condition as it is becoming rough like the skin of snake. She feels embarrassed while mixing in the society and tries to keep herself away from others.

The husbands of Sajeda of village Khimirdiar of same district, wanted to divorce her as skin was pigmented with the effect of Arsenic poisoning. But ironically her husband was also affected by Arsenic and their family survived from a possible break-up. Ambia, Shefali, Rupban, Rupban, Rupali, Fuljan, Shilpi, Biliis and some other girls of the same village were affected with Arsenic. Their parents or guardians are concerned about their marriage and future.

Generally, the women community of Bangladesh is a backward class of society and the victims of discrimination. Moreover, the Arsenic poisoning emerged as a major problem for them. It is creating social problems mainly for the rural women.

In fear of social problem, some affected people feel hesitated to express their disease. Even they do not want to tell it to doctors. In some cases, the patients preferred to be unidentified. The problem is more serious in the case of children. The entrance of affected children in schools becomes restrict. Some of them may at last get the opportunity to go to school. But they also fell victims of avoidance from their friends and classmates.

Due to illiteracy, superstitions and lack of proper motivational program at both government and non-governmental levels, the Arsenic problem has been creating serious crisis in the rural Bangladesh. The affected people are becoming the victims of cruelty in the society. If there was proper motivational levels, the Arsenic problem has been creating serious crisis in the rural Bangladesh. The affected people are becoming the victims of cruelty in the society. If there was proper motivational campaign, the rural people would not have thought that the Arsenic is the curse of nature or it is a contagious disease as they think about leprosy. At the same time, such superstition would not have gripped the common villages and the Arsenic victims would not have to face such a social crisis.