Uranium Toxicity in the State of Punjab in North-Western India
- 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.
| Author: | Alok Srivastava, Friedhart Knolle, Friedrich Hoyler, Ulrich W. Scherer, Ewald Schnug |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12559-6_21 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-12559-6 |
| Parent Title (English): | Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publication: | Cham |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2015 |
| First Page: | 271 |
| Last Page: | 275 |
| Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12559-6_21 |
| Zugriffsart: | bezahl |
| Institutes: | FH Aachen / Fachbereich Chemie und Biotechnologie |
| FH Aachen / Fachbereich Energietechnik | |
| collections: | Verlag / Springer |
