Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater

ENN
May 7, 2020, 2:56 pm120 pts
Well water contaminated by arsenic in Bangladesh is considered one of the most devastating public health crises in the world. Almost a quarter of the country’s population, an estimated 39 million people, drink water naturally contaminated by this deadly element, which can silently attack a person’s organs…

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