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[O]n Nov. 5 at 5:30 pm, Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed will present "Bangladesh: Problems of Global Warming, Land Inundation, and Arsenic Poisoning" at the Convention Center with a Media Q&A at 6 pm. He is a former soil science professor at Dhaka University.
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Arsenic leaches from treated wood into soil. Children can be exposed by touching CCA surfaces or ingesting soil that surrounds the wood. Children may be more susceptible to arsenic than adults since they are less efficient at converting inorganic arsenic to the less harmful organic forms.
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Arsenic scare at city allotments Allotment holders in Cardiff have been warned their crops may be dangerous to eat after chemicals were discovered in the soil. Vegetables grown at Leckwith allotments were found to contain enough lead and arsenic to be harmful in the long term.
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