The dark zone

Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

The dark zone [1]

Additional image::

It is a story about underground water: when the nectar turns into poison. When a daily task of drinking water from the handpump becomes the source of crippling disease and death. This is not a "natural' disaster

Publication Date:

14/04/2003

Source: Down to Earth [2]

Vol:

Issue:

20030415

pp:

Tags:

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/dark-zone

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/dark-zone
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fluorosis
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/skin-diseases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxicology
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-bank
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal