Pollution impact on people near industries to be studied

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Impact of pollution on the
health of people residing in and around industrial hubs in the
country will be soon studied by the Indian Environment
Ministry, days after it announced national ambient air
standards.

"Health issues in such areas is a matter of concern.
We are in talks with the Public Health Foundation of India
(PHFI), an NGO, to study the health of people living in and
around these towns," Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
said recently.
There is a need to link environmental issues with the
health issues with both being interlinked, he said referring
to polluted clusters like Bhatinda in the northern Indian
state of Punjab where a large number of cancer cases are being
reported due to pesticide contaminated water.
The minister said that he has been getting
representations from citizen groups and people from across the
country regarding health hazards due to poor quality of air,
water and land in industrial clusters such as Vapi and
Ankleshwar in the western state of Gujarat and Singrauli in
the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
"Besides health impact, there is a need to carry out a
study to find out the impact of pollution on food chain and
water supply," he added.
There are around 88 industrial towns which have been
identified by the Environment Ministry as critically polluted
adversely affecting water, air and land quality, raising
health concern amomg the locals. (MORE) PTI AJ
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