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Uranium in Punjab kids hair [1]

Tests sponsored by a voluntary group caring for special children in south-western Punjab have shown toxic levels of uranium in samples of hair taken from 149 children, all under the age of 13 years.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Uranium [3], Health Effects [4], Child Health [5], Punjab [6], Toxins [7]
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