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While stressing ‘water for all’ on World Water Day this year, it is reasonable to remind ourselves that 140-200 million people are still exposed to arsenic-laced water globally. A recent icddr,b study has shown that young adults are 5 times more likely to die at an early age from several diseases other than cancer when exposed to such toxin.
