PhysOrg: UB scientists track an insidious toxic substance in China

Release Date: October 20, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article on PhysOrg.com reports villagers in remote, rural areas of southwestern China who cook and dry their clothes by burning pieces of coal they pick up off the ground are being poisoned by a toxic substance released by the fuel, according to an ongoing investigation by chemists at UB. The research also is the subject of an article distributed by the South Asian news service ANI.

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