Arsenic contamination in shallow groundwater aquifers remains a major barrier to providing access to safe drinking water in Bangladesh. Chronic exposure to arsenic has been shown to cause serious health impacts, including various cancers, skin lesions, neurological damage, heart disease, and hypertension. Numerous epidemiological studies have shown cognitive impacts on memory, linguistic-abstraction, attention, learning, and physical ability. The...
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2017/08/24
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政策研究报告
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WPS8172
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2017/08/24
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Does arsenic-contaminated drinking water limit early childhood development in Bangladesh ?
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arsenic in drinking water