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How Villagers Living Near Coal Power Plants Lost Health, Water Security
Fly ash from two thermal power plants in Nagpur has left people gasping for breath and created a host of other health problems, along with water insecurity Smoke billows out of Koradi thermal power plant in Nagpur district. The plant’s fly ash pipeline runs into Khasala ash pond, pictured here on February 18, 2020. The […]
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Renal health camp at Supebeda every week
The Chhattisgarh Health Department has decided to conduct special health camp to treat renal ailments from which people of Supebeda are suffering. To combat the disease, a health camp was organized on Wednesday in which Ayurvedic doctors from Raipur and Gariaband provided treatment after necessary tests. Immediate treatment and distribution of medicines was done by […]
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Sick, Barely Able to Walk –Contaminants in Drinking Water Maiming Villagers of Sonbhadr
Stalked by diseases such as fluorosis, silicosis, cancer, TB etc., villagers allege a dangerous cocktail of chemicals from thermal plants in Sonbhadra and Singrauli are seeping into groundwater and soil. Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): Sonbhadra contributes over Rs 21,000 crore to Uttar Pradesh’s coffers annually from mining. It is a major stakeholder in the country’s growth story. […]
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Anupam Rasayan completes Tanfac Industries acquisition of 24.96%
Anupam Rasayan India Ltd.(“ARIL”), one of India’s leading custom synthesis and specialty chemical player, announced the consummation of recently announced acquisition. The Company has completed the acquisition of 24.96% of the total equity shareholding of and joint control of Tanfac Industries Limited (“TIL”) from Birla Group Holdings Private Limited (“BGH”), (a promoter company which is […]
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A Konduru: Save us from death, kidney victims appeal
Highlights Patients of kidney diseases request the State government to provide at least free medicines A Konduru (Krishna): The victims of kidney ailments of various villages in A Konduru mandal staged a protest before the mandal revenue office here on Monday, appealing to the authorities to save them from death and help them to improve […]
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Human rights commission seeks report from Bihar govt on water contamination
According to the Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22, in 31 of the 38 districts of the state, arsenic, fluoride, and excessive iron were found in the groundwater The human rights commission said such chemicals might cause serious health hazards including liver and kidney-related problems The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of […]
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Malwa Belt: 80% groundwater ‘unfit’ for drinking
High concentration of heavy metals affecting health of residents: Experts Children drink water from a handpump in Bathinda. – File photo Bathinda, March 4 Eighty per cent of groundwater in the Malwa region is unfit for drinking and irrigation. Although, there is no exact figure in any recent study, but all experts are unanimous that […]
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Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India
Across villages in central India, people are developing discoloration of teeth, a main symptom of dental fluorosis caused by excessive ingestion of fluoride. People in their 30s and 40s are experiencing bone deformities that is claimed to be due to long exposure to contaminated water. In many of the tribal villages in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and […]
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UP polls: Remote hamlets in Sonbhadra district battling fluoride water menace for decades
Fluorosis is the top concern in the rough and rocky terrain of Duddhi, Uttar Pradesh’s most remote assembly constituency Villagers fetching water from tankers that are provided by some companies under corporate social responsibility. (SOURCED IMAGE ) The campaign for the UP polls is in full swing, but like in every election, no politician raises […]
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Consumer protection regulator orders discontinuation of Sensodyne ads in India
CCPA took suo moto cognisance of the matter and passed an order against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare on January 27 The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has also passed an order against Naaptol Online Shopping Ltd for misleading advertisements Consumer protection regulator CCPA has passed an order against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare Ltd directing it […]
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