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A policy breakthrough after 25 years of earth, social, and health science research on well-water arsenic in Bangladesh. Recent research revealed that mortality rates of participants who stopped drinking high-arsenic water for at least a decade returned to normal levels – equivalent to unexposed participants and half the rate of those who continued drinking contaminated water. This evidence of reversibility strengthens the case for exposure reduction. The research has also demonstrated that targeting naturally occurring low-arsenic aquifers at certain depths is more sustainable than any form of water treatment. 

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Open to Columbia University ID holders; registration required. For more information, please email [email protected].

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