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safe inside the warm womb of the mother, a child kicks and turns. This is the third time that Sarah Connell is pregnant, but she has never reached her second trimester of pregnancy. She aborted twice earlier. This time she has moved houses, cleaned up her home, and taken every precaution to ensure that this baby survives. So far all is well. The seed to the problem began when Sarah was a not quite in her teens, but had reached puberty when she was all of nine years old. Like every girl in the scenic town of Lake Charles, Lousiana, also known as the capital of the vinyl industry of usa. "All the girls are reaching puberty early in this generation,' assured the local gynaecologist. Sarah remembers this vividly. She knows that her failure to conceive is because of the contamination of her womb. She is not alone

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
Pranay Lal [2], Sarita Bahl [3]
Down to Earth [4]
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Environment [5], Air Pollution [6], Health Effects [7], Infant mortality [8], Asthma [9], Cancer [10], Urbanisation [11], Waste Incineration [12], Maternal Health [13], Child Health [14], Breast Feeding [15], Dioxin [16], Pesticide Residues [17], Industry [18], India [19], Pollution [20]

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