India's spreading health crisis draws global arsenic experts

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Arsenic leaching into well water in West Bengal, India, has poisoned at least 200,000 and put tens of millions of people at risk. Epidemiologists are flocking to learn more about arsenic's effects and revise drinking-water standards. Government response to safeguard the water supply has been slow.

India, Contamination, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, Arsenic, Epidemics, Wells

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South wants place at table in new collaborative effort

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Developing countries are not optimistic about the likelihood that a new international malaria initiative will fulfill its promises. The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria suffers from fund shortages and other obstacles within the developing world.

Developing countries, Public health, Malaria

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