Sea level rise from climate change is expected to increase the release of arsenic into Bangladesh’s drinking well water by reduction and by the salt effect (IMAGE)

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Sea level rise from climate change is expected to increase the release of arsenic into Bangladesh’s drinking well water by reduction and by the salt effect

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Chronic arsenic poisoning from drinking well water in Bangladesh causes keratosis of the palms and other symptoms.

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Seth H. Frisbie, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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