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NNadir

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18. The most serious case of arsenic poisoning in the world is Bangladesh.
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 08:53 PM
Feb 2021

The destruction of the Ganges water flows, the pollution of the river, and the damage to the Delta have forced Bengali farmers to rely on groundwater to grow rice. The groundwater in the region percolates through arsenic deposited by the river over many millennia leached from arsenic ores in the Himalaya mountains.

From WHO:

Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency

From open sourced primary scientific literature: Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh aquifers exacerbated by clay layers (Mihajlov, I., Mozumder, M.R.H., Bostick, B.C. et al. Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh aquifers exacerbated by clay layers. Nat Commun 11, 2244 (2020).)

Well, this sucks...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #1
Why are all these companies making poisoned baby food? Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #2
I too suspect this may be contributing to neurological problems. Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #4
That is my theory, we don't have clean food, air or water. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #6
Depressing. Imagine being a parent and trying to do everything right, give your Mike 03 Feb 2021 #3
The GOP refuses to do anything about the poisoning of the populace as it serves their purposes. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #7
Ceo of family organics Mosby Feb 2021 #5
It is possible to detect these elements in parts per trillion... NNadir Feb 2021 #8
Arsenic is in all plants. Mosby Feb 2021 #9
This is precisely what I expect is the case. NNadir Feb 2021 #14
Interestingly there is more arsenic in brown rice than white rice Mosby Feb 2021 #15
The most serious case of arsenic poisoning in the world is Bangladesh. NNadir Feb 2021 #18
ICP-MS can detect 1 part in 1,000,000,000,000,000 Klaralven Feb 2021 #13
Having Done This Technique... ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #17
I'm Convinced... jayfish Feb 2021 #10
I think climate change is also affecting people more than we know Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #12
I made my kids' food 35 years ago. phylny Feb 2021 #11
Might this explain the skyrocketing autism cases? ecstatic Feb 2021 #16
Didn't know this, looks like its up everywhere around the world (link) uponit7771 Feb 2021 #19
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