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Poisoned waters, deadly outcomes!
A study shows that high arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bihar is linked with increase in cancer cases. Districts located near the Himalayan river basins have more people with cancer.
Arun Kumar
Mohammad Ali
Ranjit Kumar
Mukesh Kumar
Prity Sagar
Ritu Kumari Pandey
Vivek Akhouri
Vikas Kumar
Gautam Anand
Pintoo Kumar Niraj
Rita Rani
Santosh Kumar
Dhruv Kumar
Ashok Kumar Ghosh
Posted on 29 Aug, 2021 12:22 AM

While groundwater is an important source of drinking water worldwide, contamination of groundwater sources is on the rise. Arsenic contamination of groundwater has been found to affect as high as 300 million people worldwide exposing them to a number of health risks.

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in India
Drinking water in Bihar, linked to cancer (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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