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Tag: arsenic

A Poison in Small Doses

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 13, 2015

Thousands of wells in Bangladesh are contaminated with arsenic from groundwater aquifers. Oregon State University researchers are studying the health consequences of low-dose exposure in rural communities.

Tags arsenic, Bangladesh, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, drinking water, Kile

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A Preventable Disaster

Post author By Dylan McDowell
Post date May 15, 2013

Fighting a war of independence should be turmoil enough for a small country, but in 1970, the people of Bangladesh also had to deal with a deadly cholera outbreak.

Tags arsenic, Bangladesh, drinking water, epidemiology, Kile, Public Health, water quality