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Arsenic contamination in water alarming in 100 Kolkata Municipal Corporation wards [1]

AMONG THE 144 wards under Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), 100 have significantly higher arsenic contamination in water than the limits deemed safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Publication Date: 
14/10/2016
Indian Expess (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
West Bengal [3], Kolkata [4], Water Pollution [5], Arsenic Poisoning [6], WHO [7], Municipal Corporation [8], Groundwater Pollution [9]
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