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High-level radioactivity found in water, soil [1]

Researchers have found a high level of radioactivity in the soil, vegetables and drinking water extracted from permanent deposits of heavy minerals in areas around Cox’s Bazar.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2013
New Age (Bangladesh) [2]
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Bangladesh [3], Heavy Metals [4], Radiation [5], Health Effects [6], Cox's Bazar [7], Groundwater [8], WHO [9], Uranium [10], Cancer [11], South Asia [12]
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