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VIDEO: Millions drink arsenic-riddled water
22 Dec 2008 05:13:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 20 - More than six and a half million people in eastern India are drinking contaminated water.

The water is being drawn from wells where special filters used to remove the arsenic have reached the end of their natural life but there is no money to replace them.

Paul Chapman reports.




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