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- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Brenner, Logan,
- Source
- Science; 5/22/2020, Vol. 368 Issue 6493, p906-906, 1p, 1 Cartoon or Caricature
- Subject
- Arsenic content in groundwater
Groundwater pollution
Skin diseases
Neurological disorders
Sulfide minerals
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368075
The article presents a study related to high concentrations of arsenic in groundwater. It mentions that arsenic in groundwater can lead to disorders of the skin, vascular and nervous systems; and cancer. It mentions that other processes responsible for arsenic release into groundwater include oxidation of arsenic bearing sulfide minerals as well as release from arsenic-enriched geothermal deposits.