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Asarco may get a year to finish cleanup 10-17-2003 EVERETT -- A proposed court order that Asarco and the state Ecology Department have signed would give the company one year to get rid of the worst arsenic-laden soil at the site of its old lead smelter north of here. Ecology set the same deadline last year, but when Asarco didn't begin cleanup this past spring as scheduled, the agency sued. U.S. Agency to Upgrade N.D. Water Systems 12-15-2003 - newsday.com By CURT WOODWARD Associated Press Writer In the 1930s, a plague of grasshoppers threatened to wipe out farms in North Dakota. So when the federal government handed out arsenic bait to kill the insects, farmers gratefully spread it in their fields. New adsorption process makes headway in the United States 12-12-2003 Iron hydroxide proves to be a highly effective adsorbent 'Homegrown' relief for victims of arsenic poisoning in South Asia 12-08-2003 The World Health Organization calls it the "largest mass poisoning of a population in history." Halfway around the globe, in a region that is no stranger to misery, 100 million people in eastern India and Bangladesh suffer from skin ulcers, tumors and other debilitating and even fatal consequences of arsenic poisoning. The crisis, says Arup SenGupta, who grew up in the Indian state of West Bengal, is "the biggest natural calamity of our time." Like many environmental problems in developing countries, he says, it cries out for a homegrown solution. Arsenic remedy for arsenic poisoning? 10-21-2003 Homeopathic solutions for a global catastrophe A homeopathic remedy made from arsenic oxide could ease the suffering of the hundreds of millions of people at risk from arsenic poisoning worldwide. Research, published this week in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, suggests that Arsenicum Album reduces the liver damage caused by arsenic poisoning. Asarco may get a year to finish cleanup 10-17-2003 A proposed court order that Asarco and the state Ecology Department have signed would give the company one year to get rid of the worst arsenic-laden soil at the site of its old lead smelter north of here. Ecology set the same deadline last year, but when Asarco didn't begin cleanup this past spring as scheduled, the agency sued. ARSENIC Shows Up In Cumberland County Wells 10-02-2003 CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC -- Three years ago, the state started testing wells for arsenic and officials claim nearly 1,000 of them showed signs of contamination. REPORT shows high arsenic in some southeast NH private wells 10-02-2003 ... led by the US Geological Survey shows that an estimated 41,000 people in three southeast New Hampshire counties are using private wells that contain arsenic in ... Arsenic Fatal Legacy Grows Worldwide 08-06-2003 - newscientist.com The growing trend around the world to drink water from underground sources is causing a global epidemic of arsenic poisoning. Tens of thousands of people have developed skin lesions, cancers and other symptoms, and many have died. Hundreds of millions are now thought to be at serious risk. by Fred Pearce Waikato River arsenic shows pipeline _stupidity _ 06-09-2003 Two of New Zealand _s biggest cities (Auckland and Hamilton) and many communities along the Waikato River continue to drink water discharged by industry, farms and municipal sewers, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons warned today after a report indicated arsenic levels near the Waikato _s source were twice that of recommended levels. Ibaraki reviewing arsenic payouts 07-01-2003 Hi Everybody, Accountability begins in Japan. Perhaps our governments will quit pretending we don’t exist and treat us too. Take care and please keep safe. Deborah Kuzurdia--an arsenic-free village 06-27-2003 It is not explainable why many NGOs and different organisations are depending on advice of expensive foreign consultants and experts, spending taxpayer's money for deep tube wells and expensive unworkable filters. California Ups the Ante on Arsenic Levels in Water 03-17-2003 On Mar. 7, the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment unveiled its goal of minimizing arsenic in tap water to 3 parts per trillion, UTSA researchers awarded EPA grant for arsenic study 03-07-2003 UTSA researchers awarded EPA grant for arsenic study The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $392,000 grant to two University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) researchers to study the biogeochemistry of arsenic in contaminated soils at Superfund sites. letter adressing arsenic poisoning 02-14-2003 email from a former Works Engineer in a Chemical Plant from overseas on arsenic and arsine gas to an arseinc poisoned individual trying to discover the source