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Poor Jhabua tribals are falling prey to the deadly silicosis

Kamli Ditiya is barely 40, but she looks 60. Two years ago, hers was a family of ten. Today, she is just one of three. The seven dead include her husband and their two sons. All died of one dreaded, malignant cause: silicosis.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2006
K.S. Shaini [2]
Outlook (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Tribals [4], Silicosis [5], National Institute Of Occupational Health (NIOH) [6], Gujarat [7], Madhya Pradesh [8], Jhabua (D) [9]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/silicosis
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-institute-occupational-health-nioh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jhabua-d