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To: Rick Julian who wrote (25884)	11/12/1998 9:13:00 PM
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...'in a bizarre turn of events, tube wells have been secretly poisoning villagers.'' [they were originally built with the best of intentions by the government and aid groups to supply safe drinking water.-- E.]... ''If this were the United States, they'd call out the National Guard and get everyone bottled water,'' said Willard R. Chappell, a physicist who is one of the world's leading experts on arsenic contamination. ''But Bangladesh doesn't have the resources.'' ...Bangladesh has a per capita income of $266.... The arsenic's slow creep affects people differently, with some family members showing signs of the poisoning while others do not. Pinjira Begum's husband seems fine, though their 10-year-old daughter already has telltale spotting across her chest. Some doctors suggest that nutrition may be a critical factor in who gets sick, but many villagers are inclined to attribute such things to the will of Allah or their own superstitions. There are those who believe that a poisoned well is a sign that a snake has been struck during the digging.. ...

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