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Nature 413, 556 (11 October 2001) | doi:10.1038/35098216
Bangladeshis to sue over arsenic poisoning
Tom Clarke
The British Geological Survey (BGS) is preparing to defend itself against a threatened lawsuit alleging that it is partly to blame for what has been described as the worst mass poisoning in history.The claimants are Bangladeshi villagers who drank arsenic-contaminated water from wells dug by the BGS during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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