Tag: Water Contamination

Cuttack: After a lull, Jaundice scare has once again gripped the city with fresh cases of the water borne disease being reported from Nuapada and other areas of the town. The civic body has admitted the spread of disease and blamed leakage in water pipelines as the cause of jaundice. “Ten cases of jaundice have […]

New York: Researchers have found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states. The findings suggested that the main source of the uranium contamination is natural, but human factors such as groundwater-table decline, over-exploitation of groundwater for agricultural irrigation and nitrate pollution may be aggravating the problem. According to the researchers, several […]