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 Stories About: Bangladesh AND health AND toxics AND water pollution AND World Health Organization
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Bangladeath
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15 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Bangladeath Arsenic has a long and glorious history in the annals of crime fiction, but for the people of Bangladesh, poisoning by arsenic is all too real. With 35 million people drinking arsenic-tainted water, the country is in the midst of what the World Health Organization is calling the "largest mass poisoning of a population in history." Ironically, the problem has its ... |
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| Topics: Bangladesh, health, toxics, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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