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cases of crippling bone deformities are emerging from four villages on the outskirts of Lahore. These villages are now known as the "fluoride belt'. Says Sajid Maqbool, project director of the Children Hospital in Lahore: "So far, 100-120 cases

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Down to Earth [2]
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Groundwater Pollution [3], Water Quality [4], Drinking Water [5], Chemical Industry [6], Rural Habitat [7], Child Health [8], Fluorosis [9], Physical Disability [10], Lahore [11]

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