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Some Indians fear Green Revolution is a killer
Daniel Pepper, Chronicle Foreign Service
Monday, July 28, 2008
Jagdev Singh has too much urea, a chemical fertilizer, in...A farmer sprays insecticides on a rice paddy, without pro...Organic seeds are distributed free, so long as farmers re...
(07-28) 04:00 PDT Jajjal, --
India... - Inside a hot, dun-colored courtyard, Jagdev Singh, a wheelchair-using boy of 15, jerks his body fruitlessly in search of relief. "I can't swat the flies off of my face," he says.
A debilitating muscular disorder prevents the teen from raising his arms more than few inches above his lap. Doctors say he suffers from too much urea in his bloodstream - a chemical fertilizer used in the wheat, rice and cotton fields that surround this village of 3,300 inhabitants in northwestern Punjab state. Three other children in nearby villages have a similar malady, residents say.
Singh's illness is caused by environmental pollutants, according to activists, government scieRead More
Daniel Pepper, Chronicle Foreign Service
Monday, July 28, 2008
Jagdev Singh has too much urea, a chemical fertilizer, in...A farmer sprays insecticides on a rice paddy, without pro...Organic seeds are distributed free, so long as farmers re...
(07-28) 04:00 PDT Jajjal, --
India... - Inside a hot, dun-colored courtyard, Jagdev Singh, a wheelchair-using boy of 15, jerks his body fruitlessly in search of relief. "I can't swat the flies off of my face," he says.
A debilitating muscular disorder prevents the teen from raising his arms more than few inches above his lap. Doctors say he suffers from too much urea in his bloodstream - a chemical fertilizer used in the wheat, rice and cotton fields that surround this village of 3,300 inhabitants in northwestern Punjab state. Three other children in nearby villages have a similar malady, residents say.
Singh's illness is caused by environmental pollutants, according to activists, government scieRead More
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