An elderly woman with arsenic poisoning waits to die.
Health workers check villagers for signs of arsenic poisoning.
A close look at Keratosis, a skin disease caused by arsenic, which may lead to gangrene and skin cancer. Two fingers were amputated from rice farmer Abdul Qusem's hand after arsenic poisoning caused Keratosis, gangrene and skin cancer. In a community pond, a woman washes dishes and a man swims. This multi-usage has made ponds unsafe sources of drinking water and led to the proliferation of tube wells. A mother bathes her son at a tube well containing unsafe levels of arsenic.