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Title: Severe uranium contamination in India’s groundwater: Study
Source:The Hindu
Date:9 June 2018

While the primary source of uranium is geogenic, anthropogenic factors such as groundwater table decline and nitrate pollution may further enhance uranium mobilisation Scientists have found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers across 16 states in India, much above the WHO provisional standard for the country. The findings published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters are the first to demonstrate the predominant prevalence of uranium in India’s groundwater. The researchers from Duke University in the US unveiled new data showing that the occurrence in uranium in Indian groundwater a primary source of drinking water and irrigation is an emerging and widespread phenomenon.




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