Increasing use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture is playing havoc with the farming community apart from resulting in increased levels of water contamination.
A recent epidemiological study has shown the presence of arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury apart from much higher levels of pesticides in the water across Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/pesticides-worsening-water-contamination
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rashme-sehgal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-rural-development
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-water-commission-cwc
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhopal
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
