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Policy move on UP groundwater [1]

Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state, is blessed with rivers. But what's the use? Each and every river and canal is filled with poisonous muck which seeps into groundwater. The Janhit Foundation in Meerut has carried out several studies which show that Uttar Pradesh's groundwater is loaded with dangerous carcinogenic chemicals. Towns and villages are becoming infamous for particular chemicals.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2008
Civil Society [2]
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POPs [3], Groundwater Pollution [4], Water Policy [5], Arsenic [6], Fluoride [7], Health Effects [8], State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [9], Waste Disposal [10], Groundwater Quality [11], Pesticide Residues [12], NGO [13], CSE [14], Uttar Pradesh [15]
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-policy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fluoride
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-quality
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-residues
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh