Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes »

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A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.

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    STONERS1 year, 3 months ago

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    "Still, the analysis of 788 adults' medical tests found a nearly fourfold increase in the risk of diabetes in people with low arsenic concentrations in their urine compared to people with even lower levels."

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      Bacalao1 year, 3 months ago

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      Isn't arsenic on of the contaminates that Our President and the EPA recently allowed higher level of in our drinking water? I wonder if this administration is going to change that ruling. I severely doubt it.

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        Bacalao1 year, 3 months ago

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        "The good news is, this is preventable," said lead author Dr. Ana Navas-Acien of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
        Yes all we have to do is stop eating contaminated fish. ....oh yeah and also stop drinking water.

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