Arsenic In Irrigation Water Is Transferred To Crops

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 20:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have shown that potatoes irrigated with arsenic-rich water contain this element at levels up to 35 times higher than crops on which this water was not used. The scientists have also confirmed the impact of water with high arsenic content on beet, carrot and wheat crops.

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