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Bangaldesh Arsenic

Maggie ZelayaDecember 17, 2014

In Bangladesh, drinking water from wells can be deadly. That's because of naturally occurring arsenic in the groundwater. Arsenic is highly toxic - and up to 20 percent of deaths in the country are linked to it. The World Health Organization, WHO, calls it the world's largest case of mass poisoning.But a new filter that uses rice husks to clean contaminated water could help.

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