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Figure 7.13 Population living in coal-borne arsenic-affected areas, 2013

10/01/2015

In Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces, the inhalation of smoke from coal-burning is another source of arsenic poisoning. In most areas, such coal-borne arsenicosis80 can be avoided by providing improved stoves.

Source: National Health and Family Planning Commission, China Health and Family Planning Statistical Yearbook, 2014

Figure 7.13
In Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces, the inhalation of smoke from coal-burning is another source of arsenic poisoning. In most areas, such coal-borne arsenicosis80 can be avoided by providing improved stoves.

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