Rising Risk in Drinking Water by Arsenic
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
The naturally going on arsenic in drinking water causes growing global risk on health as large no. of people are mistakenly drink unsecured levels, researchers said yesterday.
This is a big problem than scientist thought; it will be affected approximately 140 million people in more than 70 countries according to annual Royal Geographical Society meeting which is held on London with their new research results.
This affected water can cause cancer and lung disease. There is some connection in arsenic in water and arsenic in food where people increase irrigated crops.
[Source: New York Times]