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China’s Arsenic-Laced Soil Harming Food, Health, Survey Shows [1]

China’s soil is laced with pollutants including mercury and arsenic, according to a nine-year government survey, posing a threat to agriculture and human health and raising new concern about the en

Publication Date: 
18/04/2014
Bloomberg [2]
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China [3], Soil Resources [4], Pollution [5], Environment [6], Mercury [7], Arsenic [8], Heavy Metals [9], Agriculture [10], Health Effects [11], Land Pollution [12], Toxic Wastes [13], Pesticide Use [14]
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