Columbia University: Clay Layers, Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater
May 08, 2020
May 08, 2020
NEW YORK, May 8 [TNSenvironmentresearch] -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
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 over years or decades, leading to cancers, cardiovascu . . .
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 over years or decades, leading to cancers, cardiovascu . . .