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- Public Deprived System 3
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- Poison in disguise 2
- Auroville’s alternative galaxy 1
- In celebration of biodiversity 4
- Chaos in the iron age 3
- A treaty too many 1
- It’s a demographic disaster
- Monsoon arrives over Andaman Sea
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve 52
- A green facade 44
- Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell 38
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- What’s good insulation? 30
- How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster 28
- Grand distraction called river interlinking 28
- Eat at your own risk 27
- Green energy takes toll on green cover 26
- Temporary solution, permanent jam 25
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ARSENIC DISASTER
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Issue Date: Jul 31, 2001
-- Steps must be taken immediately to prevent mass poisoning caused by arsenic contaminated well water in Bangladesh, warns a new report. Arsenic Crisis Today, Strategy for Tomorrow , the report by Tokyo-based UN University calls for a coordinated international response including educating people at risk. The World Health Organisation says that lung and gall bladder cancer have been frequently reported among people drinking arsenic contaminated water.
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