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@LeverhulmeTrust PhD scholar @EdinburghUni |Ex @KLIAustria @IJURResearch @tatatrusts scholar| Imprints @Independent @the_hindu @1843mag @Mint_Lounge
Jun 11, 2018 8 tweets 8 min read
Though I am really glad that #arsenic contamination of #groundwater in India, and specially #WestBengal is getting the attention it deserves, there is a major issue that needs wider discussion. There is a simplistic argument that arsenic naturally occurs in the #Gangetic belt, the author uses the term “#geological curse”. If this is the case, why is heavy #arsenic contamination being reported from #Jharkhand and #Chattisgarh in Central India?