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. 2015 Oct 26;33:20. doi: 10.1186/s41043-015-0029-6

Table 1.

Drinking water arsenic contamination exposure

Arsenic level (ppb) Wells % above 2000a Households % above levelb 2009 Households % above levelc 2012 Male youths % above leveld 2006
10 48 32 24.8 62
50 25 13.4 12.5 34
100 16 6.2 18
200 9 3.4 2.8 8
300 5.1 1.8 2

ppb parts per billion

aSource: [27], Table 6.7

bSource: [7], Table 1

cSource: [29], Table WQ.2

dAuthors’ calculations from 2006 MICS and NHS data