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Industrial waste affecting groundwater, health of residents, finds NGO study
Source: Indian Express, Date: , 2014
Industrial pollution, in varying forms ranging from lead
acid battery recycling to landfill sites, has been affecting Delhi’s residents
in adverse ways, as noted by a study of pollution hotspots by NGO Toxics Link.
The most worrying aspect, the study notes, is the manner in
which such pollutants seep into the soil, lacing groundwater with heavy metals
and other pollutants. Pollution-generating industries, examined in the study —
such as lead acid battery recycling, landfill sites, dyeing industries
operating without effluent treatment plants, thermal power plants — were all
found to have an adverse impact on ground water. For instance, the study notes
that during recycling of lead acid battery in Prem Nagar, “the acid was
haphazardly dumped on the ground in a waste pile or into the nearest water
body,” leading to chances of percolation of lead oxide into ground water.
Read More:
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/industrial-waste-affecting-groundwater-health-of-residents-finds-ngo-study/
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