Birth defects, abnormalities and cancers in children of Punjab’s cities Bathinda and Faridkot are being linked to uranium contamination. Not from nuclear plants, but coal-fired power stations!
Tests have showed massive levels of uranium in their bodies, in one case more than 60times the maximum safe limits of WHO.
Uranium occurs naturally throughout the world, but is normally only present in low background levels which pose no threat to human health. But an Observer investigation has now uncovered disturbing evidence to suggest a link between the contamination and the region's coal-fired power stations.
It is already known that the fine fly ash produced when coal is burned contains concentrated levels of uranium and a new report published by Russia's leading nuclear research institution warns of an increased radiation hazard to people living near coal-fired thermal power stations.
The findings have implications the many countries planning to build new coal-fired power plants, including China, Russia, India, Germany and the US.
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