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  • Red and green chili peppers on sale in a market in central Jakarta.<br />
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  • A pond in a community in central Jakarta, suffering from severe eutrophication, the process by which excess algae grows on the surface of the water as a result of excess nitrates in the water.
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A sign lying in a bush. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A model of a bird in a park . 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Plants next to a sidewalk. 2008
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  • North Korea. 2009
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  • North Korea. 2009
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A banner bearing an image of an Olympic masot Olympic village during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A partition in an Olympiv venue. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A Chinese man places his hand over his heart during the singing of the national anthem whilst watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Plants wait to be potted in the Olympic village prior to the beginning of the 2008 Olympics. 2008
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  • Bags for sale in a market in central Kolkata.<br />
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  • Aerial view of the mangroves of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. Over the past century, the world has lost over 50% of its coastal mangroves. They have been cleared mainly to make way for commercial shrimp and fish farms. The unique trees which live in salt water are valued for the ability to protect shorelines and are home to a diverse array of flora and fauna. 2010
    Mangroves-Guangdong-China-10-16-020.JPG
  • A Tibetan woman in her tent near Qinghai Lake. Thousands of Tibetan nomads have been relocated to nearby towns in an attempt to reduce the ecological deterioration around Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland body of water which lies at over 3000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The lake has been shrinking in recent decades, as a result of increased water-usage for local agriculture. Qinghai Province. China. 2010
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  • A light shines on the banks of West Lake in Hangzhou, one of the most visited tourists sites in China. Zhejiang Province. China. 2010
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  • CHINA. Shanghai. An exhbiti in the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (?????; pinyin: Shàngh?i ke¯jì gu?n) is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park of the city. The construction of the museum cost 1,75 billion RMB, and the floor area is 98 000m2 .2008..
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  • CHINA. Shanghai. A man in the modern Pudong area. Shanghai is a sprawling metropolis or 15 million people situated in south-east China. It is regarded as the country's showcase in development and modernity in modern China. This rapid development and modernization, never seen before on such a scale has however spawned countless environmental and social problems. 2008.
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A partition in an Olympiv venue. 2008.
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A Chinese man places his hand over his heart during the singing of the national anthem whilst watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A woman peers through a fence, trying to catch a glimpse of the new Beijing. In recent years construction has boomed in Beijing as a result of the country's widespread economic growth and the awarding of the 2008 Summer Olympics to the city. For Beijing's residents however, it seems as their city is continually under construction with old neighborhoods regularly being razed and new apartments, office blocks and sports venues appearing in their place. A new Beijing has been promised to the people to act as a showcase to the world for the 'new' China. Beijing's residents have been waiting for this promised change for years and are still waiting, asking the question "Where's the new Beijing?!". 2008.
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A tree seen from below. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Flowers in the back of a truck. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Flowers. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Nightscene on the Wangfujing shopping street in central Beijing. 2006.
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  • Picture showing a boy holding a Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis),  Anhui Research Center for Alligator Reproduction. Only 120 individuals remain in the wild in China as a result of wetlands reclamation. Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. China. 2010
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  • Statues of pandas at the Anhui Research Center for Alligator Reproduction. Only 120 individuals remain in the wild in China as a result of wetlands reclamation. Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. China. 2010
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Flowers. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A woman peers through a fence, trying to catch a glimpse of the new Beijing. In recent years construction has boomed in Beijing as a result of the country’s widespread economic growth and the awarding of the 2008 Summer Olympics to the city. For Beijing’s residents however, it seems as their city is continually under construction with old neighborhoods regularly being razed and new apartments, office blocks and sports venues appearing in their place. A new Beijing has been promised to the people to act as a showcase to the world for the ‘new’ China. Beijing’s residents have been waiting for this promised change for years and are still waiting, asking the question “Where’s the new Beijing?!”. 2008
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  • CHINA. Shanghai. A man in the modern Pudong area. Shanghai is a sprawling metropolis or 15 million people situated in south-east China. It is regarded as the country’s showcase in development and modernity in modern China. This rapid development and modernization, never seen before on such a scale has however spawned countless environmental and social problems. 2008
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  • CHINA. Shanghai. Inside the Shanghai Urban Planning Building. Shanghai is a sprawling metropolis or 15 million people situated in south-east China. It is regarded as the country’s showcase in development and modernity in modern China. This rapid development and modernization, never seen before on such a scale has however spawned countless environmental and social problems. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Members of the Chinese public whilst watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A mother and child in the shopping district of Wangfujing, a popular place for spectators, tourists and athletes to visit during the Olympic Games. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A soldier stands guard in the Olympic village whilst watching rehearsals for the Beijing Olympic games. 2008
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  • A woman organises her stall in a small market in Kolkata.<br />
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  • A young boy peers out of the back of a public bus in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. 2010
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  • Mangroves of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. Over the past century, the world has lost over 50% of its coastal mangroves. They have been cleared mainly to make way for commercial shrimp and fish farms. The unique trees which live in salt water are valued for the ability to protect shorelines and are home to a diverse array of flora and fauna. 2010
    Mangroves-Guangdong-China-10-16-026.JPG
  • Inside the mangroves of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. Over the past century, the world has lost over 50% of its coastal mangroves. They have been cleared mainly to make way for commercial shrimp and fish farms. The unique trees which live in salt water are valued for the ability to protect shorelines and are home to a diverse array of flora and fauna. 2010
    Mangroves-Guangdong-China-10-16-023.JPG
  • A local man walks through the mangroves of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. Over the past century, the world has lost over 50% of its coastal mangroves. They have been cleared mainly to make way for commercial shrimp and fish farms. The unique trees which live in salt water are valued for the ability to protect shorelines and are home to a diverse array of flora and fauna. 2010
    Mangroves-Guangdong-China-10-16-024.JPG
  • A telegraph pole near to Qinghai Lake on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Qinghai Province. China. 2010
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  • Eutrophication in one of the ponds at the Xixi wetlands which lie in the west of the city of Hangzhou. Eutrophication occurs when excess nitrates, normally from water pollution, enter the water causing the proliferation of algal blooms. Zhejiang Province. China. 2010
    Xixi-Wetlands-Hangzhou-10-15-052.JPG
  • Eutrophication in one of the ponds at the Xixi wetlands which lie in the west of the city of Hangzhou. Eutrophication occurs when excess nitrates, normally from water pollution, enter the water causing the proliferation of algal blooms. Zhejiang Province. China. 2010
    Xixi-Wetlands-Hangzhou-10-15-051.JPG
  • CHINA. Shanghai. An exhibit of a two-headed cow in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (?????; pinyin: Shàngh?i ke¯jì gu?n) is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park of the city. The construction of the museum cost 1,75 billion RMB, and the floor area is 98 000m2 .2008..
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A banner bearing an image of an Olympic masot Olympic village during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Members of the Chinese public whilst watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Plants wait to be potted in the Olympic village prior to the beginning of the 2008 Olympics. 2008.
    08-15-019.JPG
  • CHINA. Beijing. A soldier stands guard in the Olympic village whilst watching rehearsals for the Beijing Olympic games. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A discarded hose in the Olympic village. 2008.
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A sign lying in a bush. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A model of a bird in a park . 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A rock in a garden. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Street scene from the electronic district of Zhonguancun in central Beijing. 2006.
    Consumerism-China-06-02-012.JPG
  • The Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis),  Anhui Research Center for Alligator Reproduction. Only 120 individuals remain in the wild in China as a result of wetlands reclamation. Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. China. 2010
    Chinese-Alligator-10-11-028.JPG
  • The Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis),  Anhui Research Center for Alligator Reproduction. Only 120 individuals remain in the wild in China as a result of wetlands reclamation. Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. China. 2010
    Chinese-Alligator-10-11-024.JPG
  • Infant Chinese Alligators (Alligator sinensis),  Anhui Research Center for Alligator Reproduction. Only 120 individuals remain in the wild in China as a result of wetlands reclamation. Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. China. 2010
    Chinese-Alligator-10-11-007.JPG
  • The Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis),  Anhui Research Center for Alligator Reproduction. Only 120 individuals remain in the wild in China as a result of wetlands reclamation. Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. China. 2010
    Chinese-Alligator-10-11-003.JPG
  • A coos-up of a mint leaf in a home in Beijing, China.
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Flowers in the back of a truck. 2008
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  • CHINA. Shanghai. An exhibit of a two-headed cow in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (?????; pinyin: Shàngh?i ke¯jì gu?n) is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park of the city. The construction of the museum cost 1,75 billion RMB, and the floor area is 98 000m2 .2008.
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  • A polluted pond suffering from eutrophication, in a slum community in central Jakarta.<br />
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  • A polluted pond suffering from eutrophication, in a slum community in central Jakarta.<br />
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  • A man handles metal poles in an industrial estate in central Kolkata.<br />
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  • A man sits in second-hand telephone market in the Chandni Chowk electronics market in Kolkata.<br />
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  • Eutrophication in one of the ponds at the Xixi wetlands which lie in the west of the city of Hangzhou. Eutrophication occurs when excess nitrates, normally from water pollution, enter the water causing the proliferation of algal blooms. Zhejiang Province. China. 2010
    Xixi-Wetlands-Hangzhou-10-15-053.JPG
  • CHINA. Shanghai. Inside the Shanghai Urban Planning Building. Shanghai is a sprawling metropolis or 15 million people situated in south-east China. It is regarded as the country's showcase in development and modernity in modern China. This rapid development and modernization, never seen before on such a scale has however spawned countless environmental and social problems. 2008.
    Shanghai-China-08-16-082.JPG
  • CHINA. Beijing. A mother and child in the shopping district of Wangfujing, a popular place for spectators, tourists and athletes to visit during the Olympic Games. 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. A patch of grass  . 2008
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  • CHINA. Beijing. Plants next to a sidewalk. 2008
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  • Baby green turtles on a beach in the Tangalla region of southern Sri Lanka.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 tourist (name withheld) from Heilongjiang province, in north-west China, visits the Olympic green in central Beijing. "I knew from TV that the air quality is bad in Beijing, so I bought it before I came here", she says. " In Heilongjiang, the air is better than here but in the [city] downtown area it's similar". PM2.5 reading - 218 - Very Unhealthy
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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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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'.
    13-30-239.JPG
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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 Green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Beijing Zoo.
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  • "Unless the global community steps up our actions to significantly lower green house gas emissions...Tuvalu will dissapear completely within the next 30-50 years", said Tuvaluan Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoanga in his address to the United Nations General Assembly in 2017. As this young boy swung from a tree on one of Tuvalu's coral atoll islands, the danger and concern is not immediately evident but the slowly rising seas threaten this jewel in the Pacific.  Funafuti, Tuvalu. March, 2019.
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  • A tourist (name withheld) from Heilongjiang province, in north-west China, visits the Olympic green in central Beijing. "I knew from TV that the air quality is bad in Beijing, so I bought it before I came here", she says. " In Heilongjiang, the air is better than here but in the [city] downtown area it's similar". PM2.5 reading - 218 - Very Unhealthy
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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