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 Pesticide-ridden Punjab to begin cancer registration [1]

faced with increasing scientific evidence of pesticides-induced health disorders, the Punjab government has decided to begin a cancer registry programme. Adding to numerous health studies, two recent reports have revealed the fast-deteriorating public health in the state (See

Publication Date: 
14/06/2008
Savvy Soumya Misra [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Water Pollution [4], Pesticides [5], Cotton [6], Health Effects [7], Pesticide Industry [8], Cancer [9], Farmers [10], Occupational Health [11], Pesticide Use [12], Pesticide Regulation [13], Pesticide Residues [14], Research [15], India [16], Punjab [17], Bathinda (D) [18], Mukatsar (D) [19]

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