Massive Arsenic Contamination In Groundwater Throughout Pakistan Is Threatening 60 Million Pakistanis

A map showing the concentrations of arsenic in the water along the Indus plain

Newsweek: Contaminated Water Could Poison 60 Million in Pakistan With 'Alarmingly High' Arsenic Levels

Up to 60 million people in Pakistan are at risk of arsenic poisoning after a new study found high levels of the chemical in water supplies across much of the country.

The study found arsenic levels in groundwater in parts of Pakistan’s Indus Valley to be more than 20 times the safe level of 10 micrograms per liter of water recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Pakistan’s government has a higher safety level of 50 micrograms per liter.

Around 150 million people around the world rely on groundwater that has high levels of arsenic, according to the WHO.

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WNU Editor: The total disregard from many (if not most) Asian countries on how to treat their environment has baffled me since my first visit to China in the 1980s .... specifically on how they treat their water supplies. This news from Pakistan does not surprise me at all.

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