India Environment Portal Knowledge for change

Body burden: health and environment in India

• 01/01/2006
• Centre for Science and Environment

A degraded environment brings with it a set of health problems - some new and some, which have posed a challenge over the years. Presenting Body Burden, a compilation of reports from Down to Earth on the health impacts of environment pollution in India.

• Tags:
  • Water Pollution
  • Air Pollution
  • Indoor Air Pollution
  • Pesticides
  • Asthma
  • Cancer
  • Malaria
  • Encephalitis
  • Kala Azar
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Environmental Health
  • PCBs
  • Industrial Disasters

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