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Published online 22 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021118-11
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Arsenic contamination of Bangladeshi paddy field soils: implications for rice contribution to arsenic consumption
Food, as well as drinking water contaminated with poison
Arsenic is getting into rice, Bangladesh's staple crop, through irrigation water pumped from contaminated soils, researchers have found1. Another study shows that the act of pumping water for irrigation can raise its arsenic levels2.
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