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Published online 25 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030623-7
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Well water could be killing 3,000 Bangladeshis each year
Arsenic-poisoning crisis audit supports calls to dig deeper.
Arsenic-tainted well water could be causing up to 125,000 cases of skin cancer and 3,000 deaths each year in Bangladesh, a new report estimates. Sinking some wells deeper could cut these figures by as much as 70%, the study concludes.
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