Exposure to contaminated drinking water can cause serious health problems Nearly 20 million people in China could be exposed to water contaminated with arsenic, a study suggests. Scientists used information about the geology of the country to predict the areas most likely to be affected by the poison. The report is published in the journal Science, external. Arsenic occurs naturally in the Earth's
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