Original report from Washington
08 February 2010
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.
Many of Vinh’s neighbors in Kandal province’s Prek Russey village also suffer from arsenic poisoning.
“Too many people have died,” Vinh says. “I am afraid I will be next.”
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