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Arsenic poisoning kills 20% of people in Bangladesh
Posted 6/29/2010
Arsenice poisoning kills 20% of people in Bangladesh
From GOOD blog:
A new study published in the medical journal The Lancet reveals that one in five deaths in the Asian nation of Bangladesh, which has a population estimated to be more than 150 million, are caused by arsenic poisoning, according to Physorg.com.
Exposure to the deadly toxin has come from contaminated drinking water, a problem which began more than 30 years ago when a vast system of tube wells were installed around the country. The installations were originally part of well-intentioned efforts by international aid and development agencies to control waterborne diseases.
No one anticipated that tube wells would increase arsenic levels in the water. At the time of the wells' installation in the 1970s, the biggest health threat from water contamination came from diseases such as cholera and dysentery, diseases reduced by the use of tube wells
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