Figure 1. Levels of arsenic and barium in well water samples from Bangladesh and Vietnam.
A–D, Arsenic (A, B) and barium (C, D) concentrations in well water samples from Bangladesh (A, C) and Vietnam (B, D) are presented. Value in each sample (lanes 1 and 2 in A–D) and mean ± SE (lanes 3 and 4 in A–D) are presented for samples from arsenic-polluted areas at Jessore in Bangladesh (lanes 2 and 4 in A and C) and Mekong Delta in Vietnam (lanes 2 and 4 in B and D) and control areas at Dhaka in Bangladesh (lanes 1 and 3 in A and C) and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam (lanes 1 and 3 in B and D). * and **, Significantly different (*, p<0.05; **, p<0.01), respectively) from the control by the Mann-Whitney U test.
