UK-based clinical toxicologist Carin Smit recently came out with startling revelations that traces of uranium and other heavy metals were found in the hair samples of children and adults in Faridkot district. But there are no uranium mines in Punjab. So where is the contamination coming from?
Ever since the startling news broke, in March 2009, that traces of uranium and other heavy metals had been found in the hair samples of children and adults at the Baba Farid Centre for Special Children in Faridkot district, Punjab, the Centre has become the focus of intense government and media scrutiny. The revelations were made by UK-based clinical toxicologist Carin Smit who noted the bizarre medical condition of the children who, until now, had been considered extreme cases of mental disability. Their limbs are deformed, they have bulges on their heads, and their eyes have grown well beyond normal size.
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Good day Braj, thanks for the article which keeps this critical matter in the fore-front of people's minds the world over.
Below is a copy of an e-mail just sent to me from India, which shows that the problem is far more devastating and far-reaching than what the Indian and Punjabi government is prepared to admit to:
I would like to e-mail it to you - please contact me on carinsmit@gmail.com
Dr.D.Vasudevan,retd., Dy.DG,GS 2010-07-17 16:13:30 It is indeed a matter of great concern that radioactivity emanates from an as yet unknown source (although there are premises relating it to thermal stations, uranium-rich granites
are there as suggestions).The chance analysis of hair from children suffering from neuro-physiological disorders, including autism, and the results therefrom corroborating a causal relationship between the children’s disorders in Bhatinda in Punjab is revealing and is an instance of the role played by the geological environment affecting human health
Let the Punjab government involve geologists working on geoenvironment in the research to find the cause for the malady. I offer myself for any such joint research venture.
I am reproducing this write up once again because I believe that health issues have become more relevant and need to be on the top of our agenda.
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