Hope for arsenic free water from deep underground - Researchers in Bangladesh and the US have found that arsenic adsorption by sediments could help prevent the salts intruding into groundwater more than 150 metres deep. This matters because this water is often pumped up for irrigation, drinking water and other uses.
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