JAISALMER: Young people have started looking old due to the increasing fluoride content in water in many villages of Jaisalmer and Barmer districts. This is serious as problem of hunchback and bone related diseases are on rise. Besides, people avoid marrying someone from these villages.
Dozens of families in Balu village of Barmer look old despite being young and many have developed hunchback.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/flouride-water-youths-age-early-western-rajasthan
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-jaipur
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jaisalmer-d
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/barmer-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fluoride
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/total-dissolved-solids
