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  • In a slum near Mumbai’s Deonar dumping ground, life is a constant health battle

    In a slum near Mumbai’s Deonar dumping ground, life is a constant health battle

    Apekshita Varshney
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    ‘Nothing much can be done about it’: This sweeper spends his days in a cloud of dust in toxic Delhi

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    · Nov 15, 2017 · 12:30 pm
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    In the stone quarries of Madhya Pradesh, lakhs are putting their lungs, limbs and lives at risk

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    · May 10, 2017 · 09:30 pm
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    New study finds smoking can permanently damage DNA

    Scroll Staff
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    Radiation from uranium mines in Jharkhand village is crippling its children

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