Researchers offer solutions to poisonous well-water crisis in southern Asia

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Over 100 million people in rural southern Asia are exposed every day to unsafe levels of arsenic from the well-water they drink. It more than doubles their risks for cancer, causes cardiovascular disease, and inhibits the mental development of children, among other serious effects...

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