Viable water filter for immense Bangladeshi arsenic poisoning disaster (theguardian.com) 2 points by ballard 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] ballard 12y ago ↗ 20% of deaths are due to arsenic (As) poisoning.Begs the question: what's are the source(s) of As? [–] jameskilton 12y ago ↗ From what I could tell on wikipedia[1][2], it's natural and the wells hold water in a way to allow As to collect in higher concentrations[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_contamination_of_ground... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning
[–] jameskilton 12y ago ↗ From what I could tell on wikipedia[1][2], it's natural and the wells hold water in a way to allow As to collect in higher concentrations[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_contamination_of_ground... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning
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[ 23.7 ms ] story [ 561 ms ] threadBegs the question: what's are the source(s) of As?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_contamination_of_ground... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning