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"The thing about arsenic is that it kills you every day"

20 million people drink arsenic contaminated water in Bangladesh every day.
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Topics

  • Environment

Categories

  • poison
  • environment
  • water
  • arsenic
  • bangladesh
  • poverty

Contacts

Andy Heath

Press contact Engagement manager Practical Action external relations, energy, urban sanitation, disasters, agriculture + 44 (0) 1926 634 552 (office)

Abbie Wells

Press contact Press & Media Officer, Practical Action + 44 (0) 1926 634 510 (office)

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