Increased mortality rates in Bangladesh is associated with arsenic exposure, study finds

Increased mortality rates in Bangladesh is associated with arsenic exposure, study finds
Between 33 and 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to arsenic in the drinking water-a catastrophe that the World Health Organization has called “the largest mass poisoning in history.” A new study published in the current issue of the medical journal The Lancet provides the most complete and detailed picture to date of the high mortality rates associated with this exposure, which …
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