Original report from Washington
24 February 2010
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In “Born Sweet,” a new documentary underscoring the dangers of arsenic, a rural Cambodian boy struggles with questions of fate after he is poisoned by a contaminated well.The 28-minute film, produced by American Cynthia Wade, follows a skinny and pale boy named Vinh as he struggles with his poisoning, as well as other diseases, parasites and malnutrition.
Vinh dreams of becoming a karaoke star and marrying the girl he loves. These dreams are compromised by the arsenic, as many of Vinh’s neighbors in Kandal province’s Prek Russey village suffer too from poisoning.
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