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India - Punjab - Agriculture & Pesticides [2013]

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  • A young child doing yoga as part of therapeutic treatment at the Baba Farid Center for Special Children in Faridkot, Punjab. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A young child doing stretching exercises as part of therapeutic treatment at the Baba Farid Center for Special Children in Faridkot, Punjab. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • "There's no money, no medicine. I'm waiting for death", says Harneg Singh, 65, as he lies on a bed outside his home in the Punjab region of northwest India. He is one of many villagers suffering from Hepatitis C. It is believed decades of excessive pesticide use in the region has contributed to weakening people's immune systems, making them more susceptible to diseases. Many villagers cannot afford the expensive treatments and medicines that would either save them of prolong their lives.
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  • Sukpal Kaur, holds a portrait of her late husband who died as a result of contracting Hepatitis C. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Sukhbeer Kaur (19) holds a portrait of her father, Pippal Singh, who died in 2010 of cancer, aged 40. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Ajit Singh (68) holds a portrait of his late wife, Manjit Kaur, who died in 2012 of cancer, aged 65. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Balkaur Singh (52) holds a portrait of his late mother Mukhtyar Kaur, who died in 2013 of breast and liver cancer, aged 75. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Farmers harvesting cotton in the Malwa region of Punjab. Increased use of pesticides and insecticides has helped increase crop yields however it has also led to sever health issues in local communities.
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  • Ghukar Singh (58) holds a portrait of his late daughter, Amandeep Kaur,who died in 2013 from cancer, aged only 23. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Ramesh Chander (30) holds a picture of his sister, brother-in-law and their infant child, Karan Valmaki, who died of blood cancer in 2013, aged only 2. It is thought that this was linked to uranium toxicity caused by excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Daukhi Valmaki (50) holds a portrait of her late husband who died in 2007 from throat cancer, aged 60. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Navdeep Kaur (17) and Sandeep Kaur (13) hold a portrait of their late father, Daljit Singh, who died of tongue cancer in 2005, aged only 34. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A farmer stands amongst crops in the Malwa region of Punjab. Increased use of pesticides and insecticides has helped increase crop yields however it has also led to sever health issues in local communities.
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  • Chiman Singh, 50, outside of his home in the village of Teejaruhela on the India-Pakistan border. Manjit suffers from severe arsenic and heavy metal poisoning. He is one of many in his village suffering from severe health issues believed to be caused by excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years which has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Chiman Singh, 50, outside of his home in the village of Teejaruhela on the India-Pakistan border. Manjit suffers from severe arsenic and heavy metal poisoning. He is one of many in his village suffering from severe health issues believed to be caused by excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years which has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Shinda Singh (left) sits with his wife Jaswanda Kaur, in their bedroom in the village of Teejaruhela. They are one of many childless couples, as a result of infertility. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Gurucharan Singh, 15, sits outside of his family's home in the village of Teejaruhela in the Punjab region of northwest India. He suffers from spastic cerebral palsy. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Gurucharan Singh, 15, lies outside of his family's home in the village of Teejaruhela in the Punjab region of northwest India. He suffers from spastic cerebral palsy. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Survana, 27, holds her youngest child Reetu, 2, who has suffered from spastic cerebral palsy since birth, outside their home in the village of Teejaruhela. She is one of many children in the village who suffer from development health issues. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A cow stands outside a small farmhouse in the rural Punjab region in north-west India. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Problems can also be seen in many of the local animals.
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  • In the village of Teejaruhela on the India-Pakistan border, Khushal Singh (33) holds a picture of his younger sister, Ranu Vai, who died during a fit, as a result of complications from having cerebral palsy and mental disabilities. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Women wash clothes in a water channel next to farmland in Punjab, northwest India. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A farmer washes vegetables in a water channel next to fields that have just been sprayed with pesticides. This is one of the vectors which allows pesticides to enter the food chain.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Sukhjit Kaur (55) holds a portrait of her late husband, Baltej Singh, who died in 2012 of throat cancer, aged 57. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Harmangod Singh (6) sits next to a portrait of his mother, Charnajeet Kaur, who died in 2010 of brain cancer, aged only 31. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems including cancers, birth defects and mental disabilities in children. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. As local farmers and their families continue to get ill they are paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. Many children are now being born for physical and mental disabilities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Shimla Bai, 11, sits in her classroom in the village of Teejaruhela on the India-Pakistan border. Shimla has been blind since birth and is one of many children in the village who suffer from development health issues. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Manjit Kaur, 9, sits alone in her classroom in the village of Teejaruhela on the India-Pakistan border. Manjit suffers from Down's Syndrome and is one of many children in the village who suffer from development health issues. Scientists believe that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • Chand Singh, 10, sits outside his home in the village of Teejaruhela. He has suffered from spastic cerebral palsy since birth. It is believed that excessive pesticide use in the region over the past 30-40 years has led to the accumulation of dangerous levels of toxins such as uranium, lead and mercury which are contributing to increased health problems in rural communities. It's a hidden epidemic which is gripping the Punjab region in northeast India which for decades has been the country's 'bread basket'. Local farmers and their families are now paying the price for the country's 'Green Revolution'.
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  • A coal-fired power station in the city of Faridkot, in north-west India.
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  • Early morning sunshine cuts through mist over field in the rural Punjab region.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India.
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  • Mist hangs over fields in the agricultural Punjab region.
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  • A farmer tends to his fields in the agricultural region of Punjab in north-west India.
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  • A man cycles across fields in the agricultural region of Punjab in north-west India.
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  • A man rides his motorbike through a forest surrounded by mist in the rural Punjab region.
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  • The sun sets over fields in the agricultural region of Punjab, in north-west India.
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  • A farmer tends to his fields in the agricultural region of Punjab in north-west India.
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  • A woman washes clothes in a water channel next to farmland in Punjab, northwest India.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India.
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  • A farmer holds micronutrient fertiliser before adding it to water to spray on his fields in the region of Punjab.
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  • A man sprays pesticides on a field in the Punjab region of northwest India.
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  • A man selling vegetables in the town of Bathinda, in north-west India.
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