Metal attraction: an ironclad solution to arsenic contamination?(Environews / Innovations)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Frazer, Lance | Copyright information

Inorganic arsenic--the more acutely toxic form of this metalloid element--contaminates drinking water supplies around the world. In the United States, the most serious arsenic contamination occurs in the West, Midwest, Southwest, and Northeast; as many as 20 million people--many getting their water from unregulated private wells--may be exposed to excess arsenic in their drinking water. In Bangladesh, it's estimated that as many as 40 million people may be suffering from arsenic po...

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