Scientists solve mystery of arsenic release into groundwater
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 12:41
in Biology & Nature
Groundwater in South and Southeast Asia commonly contains concentrations of arsenic 20 to 100 times greater than the World Health Organization’s recommended limit, resulting in more than 100 million people being poisoned by drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Vietnam and China. Stanford scientists have solved an important mystery about where the microbes […]