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 Guzzling, dirtying [1]

Water is a big concern. Growing cotton is water-intensive at the best of times as is manufacturing textiles and treating the waste generated. In India, cotton guzzles more water than anywhere in the world

Publication Date: 
30/03/2006
S V Suresh Babu [2]
Down to Earth [3]
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Tags:
Water Pollution [4], Cotton [5], Industrial Pollution [6], Textile Industry [7], Irrigation [8], India [9], Tiruppur [10]

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