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Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India [1]

Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible limit of 50

Publication Date: 
01/05/2000
Uttam K. Chowdhury [2], Bhajan K. Biswas [3], Tarit Roy Chowdhury & et al [4]
Environmental Health Perspectives [5]
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Arsenic [6], Drinking Water [7], Health Effects [8], Health [9], Groundwater Quality [10], Bangladesh [11], West Bengal [12]
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