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A

Fairbanks,

Alaska

SECTION IX

Aleutian

Islands

Legend

Western

U.S.A

Lagunera

District,

Mexico

Arsenic-affected

aquifers

Arsenic related to

mining operation

Geothermal waters

Brtish

Columbia

Zimapan

Valley

Dominica

El Salvador

Antofagasta,

Chile

Halifax,

Nova Scotia

North-West

Argentina

Massie

Central

French

Chaco-Pameain

Plain,

Argentina

South-West

England

Lavron

Peninsula,

Greece

Ashanti Region

Ghana

Great Hungarian Plain,

Hungary, Romania

Bengal Delta,

West Bengal,

Bangladesh

Ron Phibun

District,

Thailand

Zimbabwe

South

Africa

Xinjiang

Province,

China

Inner

Mongolia,

China

Shanxi

Province,

Kyushu,

China

Japan

Taiwan

Red River Delta,

Vietnam

Kamchatka

Wairakei,

New Zealand

SPECIAL SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY

B

Arsenic (μg/L)

<5

5–10

10–20

50–200

>200

Figure 67–8. Arsenic in drinking water. (A) World map demonstrating regions where there is increased arsenic exposure in drinking

water. (B) Map of Bangladesh demonstrating arsenic concentrations in drinking water in samples from wells across the country. (Adapted

from BGS and DPHE, 2001. This report was produced by the British Geological Survey and the Department of Public Health

Engineering (Bangladesh) undertaking a project funded by the UK Department for International Development.)

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