Mustak Hossain
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/ 10 July 2006

Arsenic-poisoning lawsuit rejected by Britain

Britain has thrown out a lawsuit worth millions of pounds in compensation to victims of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh. The House of Lords this week dismissed a case brought by Binod Sutradhar against the British Geological Survey. Sutradhar claimed the survey was negligent in not testing for arsenic during a water evaluation in Bangladesh.