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Poisoned waters traced to source [1]

South Asia's well-water is widely polluted with arsenic, but no one has located the source. A study on the Mekong River finds that contamination begins in pond sediments, and is spread by groundwater flow to wells.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2008
Charles F.Harvey [2]
Nature [3]
454
7203
415
Tags:
Rivers [4], Groundwater Pollutants [5], Arsenic [6], Drinking Water [7], Sedimentation [8], Groundwater Quality [9], Arsenic Poisoning [10], Cambodia [11], Vietnam [12], South Asia [13]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollutants
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-quality
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic-poisoning
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cambodia
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vietnam
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia