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Areas with arsenic water are mapped [1]

In a startling revelation, the Union health ministry has mapped 16,000 habitations which are prone to arsenic and heavy metal water, resulting in emergence of deadly diseases.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Teena Thacker [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Arsenic Poisoning [4], Water Resources [5], Water Pollution [6], Drinking Water [7], Health Effects [8], Typhoid [9], Encephalitis [10]
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