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 Breast milk protects infants from arsenic [1]

there is now an addition to the list of benefits that breast milk offers. It protects infants from arsenic, says a study conducted inBangladesh. The study is crucial because almost 50 per cent of the tube-wells providing drinking water to about 57 million people in Bangladesh contain arsenic at levels exceeding who's drinking water guidelines of 10 microgramme per litre (

Publication Date: 
14/04/2008
Savvy Soumya Misra [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Water Quality [4], Arsenic [5], Health Effects [6], Child Health [7], Breast Feeding [8], Research [9], Bangladesh [10], India [11]

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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/breast-feeding
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