News Headline
Scientists find source of Southeast Asian arsenic
Source
United Press International (UPI)
Publication Date
2015-12-07
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Every year, as many as 100 million people are poisoned by arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Vietnam and China. Concentrations in drinking water sometimes spike to 20, 30 or 100 times the levels considered safe by the World Health Organization.