High Arsenic Levels In Punjab Wells Raising Major Public-Health Concern: Study ||SNE

NEW DELHI

The Indus Basin region covering areas of Indian as well as Pakistan side of Punjab has “serious” levels of arsenic in groundwater, along with traces of fluoride and nitrate, raising a major public-health concern, a new study Tuesday said. Of the 13,000 wells in Indian side of Punjab, 25 per cent of them had high levels of arsenic, the study highlighted.

Conducted by TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS) in New Delhi in collaboration with Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and Columbia University of New York, the study said approximately 30,000 hand pumps were tested on both the sides of the bordeR.”The arsenic levels were recorded almost 20 to 50 times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) limits of 10 parts per billion,” said the study funded by National Science Foundation, USA and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in both the countries separately.

“The high Arsenic levels are interestingly found to be confined to flood plains of River Ravi covering districts of Tarn Taran, Amristsar, Gurdaspur,” it added.According to the findings, the high levels were leading to slow poisoning of the body, potentially causing skin lesions, damage to the nervous system, stomach ailments, diabetes, renal (kidney) toxicity, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Further, because of high fluoride content in water, children were facing severe dental and skeletal fluorosis at an early age, and the high nitrate levels were causing methemoglobinemia, gastric cancer, goitre, birth malformations, hypertension, and a drop-in blood pressure, the study noted.

Elaborating on the adverse impact of the three contaminants, the study said chronic exposure to arsenic by drinking groundwater was causing infant mortality as well as adult mortality due to cardiovascular disease and cancers of the lung, liver, and bladder.

It has also been associated with impaired intellectual and motor function in children, it added.”Deficiency of fluoride in the diet causes dental caries and osteoporosis but chronic excess intake, caused by drinking groundwater with fluoride above the WHO guideline of 1.5 mg/L, can cause severe dental and skeletal fluorosis,” it said.

“Of India’s 32 states, 14 have been identified as ‘endemic’ areas for fluorosis, with an estimated 25 million people impacted, and another 62 million ‘at risk’. Fluorosis at more severe stage causes bilateral lameness and stiffness of gait,” it added.”High concentrations of arsenic do not impact environment, however, it has been found to find its way into the food chain by irrigating crops with high arsenic groundwater,” the study said further.

“The most prominent being is its accumulation in rice grains. However, the ingestion of Arsenic, nitrate and fluoride through direct intake of groundwater is found to be of primary concern,” it added.The study suggested both India and Pakistan to immediately conduct a blanket field testing of all the hand pumps in the villages.

“If blanket testing is done people would be aware of safe and unsafe wells, thus immediate intervention would be to switch wells,” it said”If the community agrees, all the safe wells could be centralised for water supply within the village, this would have minimal cost compared to centralised treatment technologies such as community RO systems which are maintained by the Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation of the Punjab government,”

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Jun 14, 2018

‘Forcible sex’ in marriage ground for divorce, rules Punjab and Haryana High Court || SNE ||

Jun 08, 2018

Date row: Pak no to visas for SGPC jatha || SNE ||

Jun 08, 2018

Guru Harkishan Medical Trust is a public charitable trust: Sarna || SNE ||

Jun 08, 2018

RSS rallied behind Rajiv Gandhi’s bid for PM’s chair after Indira’s assassination: Book RASHEED KIDW || SNE ||

Jun 08, 2018

First Sikh candidate submits nomination papers for minority seat || SNE ||

Jun 08, 2018

His Phone Exploded In His Pocket, Panic In Mumbai Restaurant ||SNE||

Jun 06, 2018

Chadha Sugars in dock for improper molasses storage ||SNE||

Jun 06, 2018

Sikh Community In Dubai Hosts An Inter-Faith & Multi-Cultural ‘Iftar’ At The Guru Nanak Darbar ||SNE||

May 24, 2018

Granthi shot ||SNE||

May 24, 2018

NYPD gets first turbaned female Sikh officer, Hardeep Puri tweets congratulations ||SNE||

May 19, 2018

Alleged assault of 89-year-old Sikh was hate crime, says Calgary MP || SNE

Apr 07, 2018

After 7 years, domestic flights resume from Pathankot airport || SNE

Apr 05, 2018

First Sikh UFC fighter to wear turban before match || SNE

Apr 05, 2018

Hard work and honesty are their credos || SNE

Apr 02, 2018

Punjab economy in a mega mess, I have no magic wand to fix it, says Capt Amarinder | SNE

Mar 17, 2018

Shaheed Udham Singh’s 10-foot high statue to be inaugurated at Jallianwala Bagh on March 13 || SNE ||

Mar 11, 2018

India-Canada Framework May Put Sikh Lives at Risk: WSO |SNE |

Feb 27, 2018

BJP believes in Hindutva nationalism’: Owaisi hits out over Maha Arati on Jan 26 || SNE

Jan 26, 2018

A nostalgic tribute: Remembering Punjab’s forgotten Urdu poet || SNE

Jan 26, 2018

Two Punjab cops awarded President’s Police Medal || SNE

Jan 26, 2018

PIL in Punjab and Haryana HC seeks action against Karni Sena || SNE

Jan 26, 2018

Mahatma Gandhi’s last battle was against majoritarianism: Prof Apoorvanand || SNE

Jan 26, 2018

Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia appointed AAP Punjab in-charge | SNE

Dec 20, 2017

JNU or not, Arundhati Roy’s gift to Jignesh Mevani irks Gujarat CM

Dec 06, 2017

On Delhi’s footpath, Sikh doctors and paramedics medically assist the poor every morning

Dec 06, 2017

NZ COMMUNITIES FIND UNIQUE WAY TO RE-USE RUMALA SAHIB | SNE

Dec 01, 2017

Finally, Chambal’s gharials on their way to Harike in Punjab, with a halt at Chhatbir zoo | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

In Pakistan, Punjab has set an example by removing hate from its school textbooks | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

21-year-old Punjab man shot dead in US | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

Jio’s revenue market share jumps to 17% in Punjab | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

Punjab assembly session: Strategy shift for SAD-BJP, from drug trade to debt waiver | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

Punjab MLAs to declare immovable properties on Jan 1 | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

Punjab and Haryana High Court issues show cause notice to Punjab and Haryana on Dera sanitization | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

BOOK ON SIKH HERITAGE IN PAK RELEASED | SNE

Nov 29, 2017

Punjabi language can never die, says Sahitya Akademi awardee Atamjit Singh | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Punjab: Muslims doing ‘Gau raksha’ | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Potato prices slump in Punjab | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Why mum on Majithia, Cong duo asks Akalis | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

US sikhs showing keen interest in crucial SGPC elections | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Diljit Dosanjh shares the first look of Sandeep Singh biopic | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Fashion, Faith and Culture Come Together Through the Global Art of Head Wrapping | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

‘Not Standing While National Anthem Cannot Define Nationalism’ | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

High court vacates its stay on order declaring Patna Sikh shrine’s panel election null and void | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Sacked SGPC staff not to renounce Sikhism | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Scholars vow to fight rechristening college | SNE

Nov 28, 2017

Delhi-Chd at 200 kmph to cost Rs 11,000 crore | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Expand scheme to include Punjab terror victims: Amarinder to PM Modi | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Anganwadi workers call off protest in Punjab | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

1.76 crore tonnes of paddy procured in Punjab | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Dyal Singh College body warns of case against Akalis | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

12 IAS, 2 PCS officers transferred in Punjab | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Anmolpreet Singh: Tracking the rise of the wonder boy from Punjab | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Hectic lobbying for SGPC president’s post | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Signature campaign in support of riot victims | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Delhi Metro fare hike to be on auto mode, next round likely in January-2019 | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

New industrial & business policy will play as catalyst for development in Punjab: Minister | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Woman dies, daughter hurt after car rams scooty | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Delhi-Chandigarh 200-kmph rail corridor to cost Rs 11,000 crore: French report | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Punjab Assembly’s 3-day winter session starts tomorrow | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Gabbar Singh Tax is terrorising traders, says Sidhu as he leads massive protest in Amritsar | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Rape victim’s cop mother struggles to get justice | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Rs 3.62 cr embezzlement in panchayat funds detected | SNE

Nov 27, 2017

Scottish Sikh man ‘tortured’ by Indian police remains in custody as Jeremy Corbyn briefed on case | SNE

Nov 25, 2017

Polygraph machine ‘broken’, CBI cancels test of anti-Sikh riot witness | SNE

Nov 25, 2017

Pakistani Sikh wins award in Canada for humanitarian cause | SNE

Nov 25, 2017

Golden Temple awarded ‘most visited place of the world’ | SNE

Nov 25, 2017

Six BJP-RSS workers get life term for the murder of CPM worker | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Air India, which already operates a hugely popular daily service to Delhi, plans to introduce two non-stop flights per week to Amritsar from Birmingham Airport | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Only Ram Mandir And Nothing Else At Ayodhya Site, Says RSS Chief | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

2 Punjabis among 600 stuck on Pacific island | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

‘Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed to walk free if Pak does not detain him in other case’ | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Senior town planner sacked for ‘overlooking’ violations | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Delhi: 4-year-old boy booked for ‘raping’ classmate in school | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Punjab targeted killings: UK talks of ‘extreme action’ if Johal tortured; ‘baseless’ charge, says Captain | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Court pulls up PPSC for flouting job quota norms | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

Ludhiana RSS worker’s murder: NIA gets custody of 2 accused | SNE

Nov 24, 2017

American Sikhs hold conference to implement original Nanakshahi calendar | SNE

Nov 18, 2017

Cloud-based system to register revenue documents launched: Punjab Cabinet | SNE

Nov 18, 2017

Punjab to set up 400 plants to process paddy residue | SNE

Nov 18, 2017

Punjab distillery rules amended by Punjab cabinet | SNE

Nov 18, 2017

Punjab signs MoU with Chennai-based company to prevent stubble burning from next season | SNE

Nov 17, 2017

AAP, Lok Insaaf Party MLAs stage protest, demand royalty for Punjab’s waters | SNE

Nov 16, 2017

21-year-old youth from Punjab’s Banga shot dead in US | SNE

Nov 16, 2017

Punjab fails to release its share for midday meal scheme | SNE

Nov 16, 2017

Sikhs truckers seek delay in installation of ELD | SNE

Nov 16, 2017

Punjab MPs meet likely to see thin attendance | SNE

Nov 16, 2017

Jathedar Hawara Directs Sikh Community to Celebrate Guru Gobind Singh’s Gurpurab on January 5 | SNE

Nov 16, 2017

Punjab: Smog delays wheat sowing, but farmers reluctant to blame straw burning | SNE

Nov 15, 2017

Punjab soldier, militant killed in Valley encounter | SNE

Nov 15, 2017

Chandigarh Lit Fest: ‘Ritualistic censorship needs to be challenged’ | SNE

Nov 15, 2017

Punjab boys maintain clean slate | SNE

Nov 15, 2017

Bhajji boost for Punjab; all eyes on the pitch | SNE

Nov 15, 2017

Telangana: BJP leader beats 2 Dalits with stick, forces them to dip in muddy pond | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

1,67,23,771 tonnes paddy procured in Punjab | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Differently-abled kids embark on Punjab tour | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Sikh marathon runners pay tribute to Kaepernick during race | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

‘Spare Some Time To Meet Me,’ Kejriwal Now Tweets To Punjab CM On Pollution Issue | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Akal Takht overrules SGPC, ‘Parkash Utsav’ on Dec 25 | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Sikhs reach out to 50 UK MPs over Jagtar Singh ‘Jaggi’ Johl’s arrest | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Edgbaston MP Preet Gill calls on India to send Jagtar Singh Johal back to the UK | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Chandigarh Housing Board slashes processing fee by 50% | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

33 injured in school bus-truck collision in Amritsar | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

118 trains delayed due to fog in Punjab, Delhi | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Punjab and Haryana HC issues notice to SGPC on Sikh historian’s plea | SNE

Nov 14, 2017

Punjab and Haryana HC issues notice to SGPC on Sikh historian’s plea | SNE

Nov 13, 2017

Ravinder Bhalla becomes first Sikh mayor of New Jersey’s Hoboken, days after flyer attacked him as a ‘terrorist’ | SNE

Nov 12, 2017

Confusion prevails over date of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary | SNE

Nov 12, 2017

Compensate farmers, Amarinder tells Modi | SNE

Nov 11, 2017

Sikhs can now wear small kirpans on flights in Canada | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

S AUSTRALIAN MINISTER CALLS ON NAVJOT SIDHU | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Majithia implicated my friend to deny ticket to father: Ex-Akali MLA in affidavit | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

HC rejects plea to commute Rajoana’s death sentence | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Protesters seek release of duo held for smudging Hindi, English off signboards in Punjab | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Lovepreet Singh adjudged best athlete | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Bains’ Facebook account hacked, derogatory comments posted against senior AAP leaders | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Bhola drug racket: Plea in HC seeks report on Majithia’s ‘role’ | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

3 minor girls fake kidnapping to meet their favourite TV actor | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Women’s Asia Cup star wants to play for Punjab | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Never forgotten: Sikh who went to war for Canada | SNE

Nov 08, 2017

Nankana Sahib lawyers, civil society slam ETPB | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Politicians failed to protect interests of Punjab, Punjabi, says novelist | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Day after gurpurb, air quality worsens in Punjab | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Sacrilege probe: Saini fails to appear before commission | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Personal assistant booked for duping Faridkot MP Sadhu Singh of Rs 33 lakh | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Punjab: NGT ban goes up in flames even as Amarinder govt claims crop residue burning fell by 30% | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Finally! Randeep Hooda’s Battle Of Saragarhi goes on floor from next week in Punjab | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Ludhiana-based environmentalist pens book on trees | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

One year of demonetisation: Acknowledge the ‘blunder’ and seek support for rebuilding economy, Manmohan Singh tells PM Modi | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

SGPC to oppose PCOCA, announces next election for November 29 | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Capt Amarinder govt yet to implement Punjab cabinet’s key decisions | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Visa policy for Sikh pilgrims to be relaxed, says PTDC chief | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Drug racket case: HC stays non-bailable warrant against Punjab opposition leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

US Sikh politician labelled ‘terrorist’ | SNE

Nov 07, 2017

Rohingya crisis: India sends 700 tonnes of relief material to Bangladesh | SNE

Sep 24, 2017

Why triple talaq ban is nothing more than just a stamp on paper | SNE

Sep 24, 2017

No grant after May, Punjab schools serve midday meals on credit | SNE

Sep 13, 2017

Saragarhi battle to be part of school text books in Punjab | SNE

Sep 13, 2017

Sikh temple in India opens its doors to Muslims as rain disrupts Eid prayer plans | SNE

Sep 03, 2017

110 years after racial riots against early Sikh immigrants, an Arch of Healing in US city | SNE

Sep 03, 2017

Sikh software engineering student stabbed to death in US | SNE

Sep 03, 2017

Who is Hardeep Singh Puri? | SNE

Sep 03, 2017

16 IAS, 12 PCS officers reshuffled in Punjab | SNE

Sep 03, 2017

Truck unions disbanded, Punjab govt now wants tractor trailers to ferry paddy harvest

Sep 02, 2017

Israel readies red carpet for first visit by any Indian PM | SNE

Jul 04, 2017

43 of 55 McDonald’s outlets in Delhi shut due to health license, legal battle | SNE

Jun 29, 2017