What’s in your water and why you should be concerned

Caution! Poison in the water ahead – Steer clear and get the facts

The forest in northern France appears almost fairytale-like like in its eerie calm.

But the apparently lush ground hides a deadly secret: underneath this green carpet lies lethal levels of arsenic, unexploded bombs, tracts of barbed wire and the remains of the men who gave their lives fighting for control of this strip of land almost 100 years ago.

The forest is so dangerous that swathes of it have been declared a no-go zone, where trees no longer grow, and only the brave or foolish have dared tread in the 97 years since the end of the First World War.

For the forest, and countryside surrounding it, was the site for the Battle of Verdun, the longest in history, now categorised as a ‘Zone Rouge’ – still toxic after all this time.

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Poison Water (1998): Thanks to foreign aid, Bangladeshi water supplies have been clean and clear for years. Now it emerges, 50 million are at risk of water-borne arsenic poisoning.

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Hand pumps have been promoted by aid agencies and the government for the past 20 years. The world had helped Bangladesh solve its problem of diseased water, in a country where millions used to die from water-borne diseases. But now evidence suggests it contains arsenic, which is killing Bangladeshis. In Kutubpur, villager Garribukler has 35 times the safe level of arsenic. His hair and skin samples are analysed with chilling results. Doctor Roy says he’s likely to get cancer due to the arsenic in his skin. Other villagers show the stone-like beads covering their bodies, a sign of poisoning. Bangladeshis face a nightmarish dilemma, partly of the international aid agencies’ making: to drink polluted water or risk a slow, painful death by arsenic poisoning. Deepak Bajracharya of UNICEF says ‘It’s psychological trauma. Drinking water is a basic need. We don’t want this symbol of life turned into death’

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Source: Bangladesh’s Arsenic-Laced Water – YouTube