SDG Campaign: SDG6-Tackling groundwater arsenic and health inequalities in India

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Water is a fundamental part of our daily lives: we drink it, cook with it, and use it to farm. But in many rural areas in northern India, groundwater is naturally contaminated by arsenic and is causing tens of thousands of premature deaths every year.

Period1 Apr 2022

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  • TitleTackling groundwater arsenic and health inequalities in India
    Media name/outletUniversity of Manchester
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/04/22
    DescriptionWater is a fundamental part of our daily lives: we drink it, cook with it, and use it to farm. But in many rural areas in northern India, groundwater is naturally contaminated by arsenic and is causing tens of thousands of premature deaths every year.
    Producer/AuthorDavid Polya
    URLhttps://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/impact/sdgs/health/groundwater-arsenic-sdg-6/
    PersonsDavid Polya
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Environmental Research Institute

Keywords

  • India
  • global inequalities

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