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Uranium Toxicity in the State of Punjab in North-Western India

verfasst von : Alok Srivastava, Friedhart Knolle, Frieder Hoyler, Ulrich W. Scherer, Ewald Schnug

Erschienen in: Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Lately there has been an increasing concern about uranium toxicity in some districts of Punjab State located in the North Western part of India after the publication of a report (Blaurock-Busch et al. 2010) which showed that the concentration of uranium in hair and urine of children suffering from physical deformities, neurological and mental disorder from Malwa region (Fig. 1) of Punjab State was manifold higher than the reference ranges. A train which connects the affected region with the nearby city of Bikaner which has a Cancer Hospital has been nicknamed as Cancer Express due to the frenzy generated on account of uranium related toxicity.

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Titel: Uranium Toxicity in the State of Punjab in North-Western India
verfasst von: Alok Srivastava
Friedhart Knolle
Frieder Hoyler
Ulrich W. Scherer
Ewald Schnug
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-12558-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-12559-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12559-6_21