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Figure 7.14 Arsenic-affected provinces, 2013

10/01/2015

Water-borne arsenicosis is common throughout northern China, where the groundwater has high levels of arsenic. Coal-borne arsenicosis is more limited in distribution, primarily affecting some areas of Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces. Poorer families are often disproportionately affected by arsenic and fluoride poisoning, as they cannot afford alternative safe water sources or improved cooking and heating stoves.

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

Figure 7.14
Water-borne arsenicosis is common throughout northern China, where the groundwater has high levels of arsenic. Coal-borne arsenicosis is more limited in distribution, primarily affecting some areas of Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces. Poorer families are often disproportionately affected by arsenic and fluoride poisoning, as they cannot afford alternative safe water sources or improved cooking and heating stoves.

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