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Industrial Waste and Pesticides Wreaking Havoc on Villagers in Northern Indian State
December 18, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Environmental Health
Pregnant women will have more sudden, "spontaneous" abortions. Instances of bone deformities, along with gastrointestinal, skin, dental and eye problems will rise.
And so will cases of cancer. "There is clear evidence that irrigation of fields with highly contaminated drain water and exposure to pesticides is leading to neuro, reproductive and genotoxicity. The genetic damage may not be visible right now. But it will manifest itself in future," says Dr Thakur.
It wasn't always like this. Old timers in Mahal recall that before Partition, the drain was a cheery monsoon rivulet full of birds and fishes, where village boys often went for a swim. That's long changed. A recent study by the Zoology department of Amritsar's Guru Nanak Dev University showed that the drain was now completely devoid of aquatic life.
People in parts of rural West Bengal have been drinking arsenic-laced ground water for decades and suffering the consequences. Arsenic can cause cancer. But the ground water in these parts of rural Punjab has many more deadly chemicals, it is reported.
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