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| EVERY
BREATH YOU TAKE, EVERY DROP YOU DRINK.... COULD BE KILLING
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| In a village in
India, one in 35 persons suffer from cancer. In a metro
like Delhi, the corresponding figure is one in 6. Delhi
has twice the number of blood cancer cases than Bombay
and Calcutta put together. As leukemia and other pollution
related diseases force more and more people to stay at
home in Indian cities, a National Conference on Health
and Environment, organised by the Centre for Science and
Environment, finds that because India cannot afford treatment
of diseases caused by poor environmental conditions, prevention
is indeed better than cure. |
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| A study by the
World Bank, which stated that when the Asian economy
doubled, the pollution load in Asian countries increased
10 times. The result was an increase in incidences of
cancer, a sharp decline in the sperm count of men, hormonal
disorders, besides increased respiratory and skin diseases.
Safe water, hygienic disposal of wastes and environmental
sanitation still remain an unfulfilled dream in India.
In addition, about 100,000 chemicals are being produced
on an industrial scale and introduced into the environment.
Many of these chemicals are endocrine disruptors, now
a cause of deep concern with the recent discovery of
a decrease of sperm counts in numerous populations in
the world. A study conducted in India found that less
than 30 percent men had semen with normal characteristics. |
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| Delhi’s increased
dependence on groundwater was dangerous, since the water
was getting increasingly contaminated, and very little
was known about the health effects of groundwater contamination.
Groundwater could also cause diseases such as fluorosis,
Contaminated groundwater was also the cause for arsenic
poising in West Bengal. |
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| 50 percent of the
Malaria occurring in India is manmade. The government’s
current thrust in using pesticides for the control of
Malaria was unproductive, unsustainable and injurious
to the human health and the environment. Instead, ‘bioenvironmental
interventions’, such as closing open drains, which
could lead to mosquito infestations, have to be implemented. |
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| The major vector
borne diseases in India are malaria, Kalaazar, japanese
encephalitis, dengue and lymphatic filariasis. While 40
percent of the total number of cases of lymphatic filariasis
in the world occurs in India A World Bank study has shown
that the economic costs of the deaths and illnesses caused
by air and water pollution in India was as much as Rs
24,000 crore --- the cost of two Narmada dams -- every
year. |
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