Water Pollution

 Point missed

Amended law no respite for Andhra farmers

Publication Date: 
14/11/2004
Down to Earth
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Groundwater, Legislation, Andhra Pradesh
Industry

 The nectar poison we drink

When Neena Khanna from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences called to tell us that her patient who lives in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh had high levels of arsenic in his blood, hair and

Publication Date: 
14/10/2004
Sunita Narain
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Groundwater, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Arsenic Poisoning, Governance, Bangladesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Agriculture

 Distress signal

Karnataka s groundwater situation alarming, says report

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, Karnataka
India

 In absolute denial

The government refuses to acknowledge that arsenic menace has a spread

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Groundwater, Arsenic, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Evil design

The extent of arsenic contamination now includes several states in India

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Groundwater, Arsenic, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Anatomy of a poison

How, and where, does arsenic contaminate groundwater? The theories differ

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Groundwater, Arsenic, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Get positive

Every problem has a solution

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Groundwater, Arsenic, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh
Water Pollution

 Solutions are a must

But they may take time to resolve the arsenic crisis

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Water Pollution, Groundwater, Arsenic, Research, Bangladesh, India
India

 More arsenic

Exactly how widespread is the presence of poisonous arsenic in the groundwater that Indians drink? In Delhi, a doctor s phone call propels Down To Earth to visit Uttar Pradesh s Ballia district. 950 kilometres away from the country s capital, we fo

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Groundwater, Arsenic, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh
Water Resources

SOS for H2O: Will pricing save it?

HEARD of Plachimada? Over the last two-and-a-half years, people in this Kerala village have been agitating to get a neighbouring Coke plant shut down. According to them, Coke's water mining has parched the lands of over 2,000 people.

Publication Date: 
13/09/2004
M. Rajshekhar
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Coca Cola, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Ministry Of Water Resources, CSE, Kerala

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