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Arsenic Poison
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Rice and risk of arsenic exposure
The team of scientists working at Dartmouth College of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA, found that there was a risk of arsenic poisoning when using rice.
Environment
Origin of arsenic poison in groundwater in Vietnam and neighboring countries
Every year, about 100 million people in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Vietnam and China are poisoned by arsenic-containing water.
Environment
20 million Chinese people can poison arsenic
Swiss and Chinese scientists warned on August 22 that nearly 20 million people across China are facing the risk of poisoning by using arsenic-contaminated groundwater.
Environment
Southeast Asia has a high rate of arsenic poisoning in the country
Groundwater arsenic contamination is posing a major risk to the health of millions of people, especially in densely populated river deltas of Southeast Asia. Up to now,…
Medicine - Health
Cancer village in China
Xiong Demin may never have imagined that the mine where he worked for the past 32 years could cause hundreds of villagers to be poisoned, and cause both his and his wife…
Medicine - Health
Drinking dangerous arsenic water like smoking
The study was carried out by the US Environmental Protection Agency, which found that high concentrations of arsenic-contaminated drinking water could be dangerous to th…
Medicine - Health
India develops arsenic detection techniques
Arsenic is a toxic substance, often found in groundwater or water sources with residues of pesticides, but if exposed for long periods of time can lead to many diseases,…
Medicine - Health
The world is facing arsenic poisoning
About 140 million people, mainly in developing countries, are suffering from arsenic poisoning in drinking water.