Cancer, a reality
A medical survey conducted by doctors from Kozhikode Medical College in 1981 in Vazhakkad panchayat found that 23 per cent of the men and 21 per cent of the women were suffering from respiratory diseases. The figures for chronic bronchitis were 14 per cent and 8.7 per cent in the green village valley. These figures are much higher than those for Delhi, the most polluted city in India