Increased arsenic in soil, water may sneak into food chain

  • 15/08/2008

  • Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Increased arsenic in soil and water may sneak into the food chain, as it is more or less present in all types of crops in the country's arsenic-affected areas with some crops, such as arum, showing much more contamination than the internationally allowable standard, according to a group survey. "Even water spinach, giant taro and wax gourd showed arsenic-concentration higher than the usual one