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CSE finds frightening levels of mercury in Sonbhadra region [1]

District houses thermal power plants, coal mines, chemical factory

The Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh is precariously perched on the threshold of an environment disaster with a new study having found high levels of mercury in the environment as well as in the bodies of local residents. Sonbhadra, which is co-terminous to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, is the second largest district in the State after Lakhimpur Kheri.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2012
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Sonbhadra [3], Singrauli (D) [4], Mercury [5], Pollution [6], Health Effects [7], Groundwater Pollution [8], Thermal Power Plants [9], Coal [10], CSE Study [11], National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) [12], Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) [13], Sunita Narain [14], CSE [15], Industrial Pollution [16], Water Pollution [17], Uttar Pradesh [18], Madhya Pradesh [19], Mining [20], Chemical Industry [21], Environment [22]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sonbhadra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/singrauli
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mercury
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse-study
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-thermal-power-corporation-ntpc
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-pollution-control-board-cpcb
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-industry
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment