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Geogenic Contamination
Where are the toilets?
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:23 PMCommittee to investigate discrepancy in data on toilets
![Open defecation due to lack of toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/05_open_defecation.jpg?itok=vkrBVB92)
All is 'well'
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:15 PMDilip from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, has finally rid himself of the itchy, black spots on his skin that bothered him for many years. How did he do it? He cleaned a dug well in his village! Seems a little disconnected, doesn't it? Dilip also failed to see this connection and did not realize that the water he drank was silently causing his own body to turn against him.
![Reviving wells in Ballia,UP (Credit:Saurabh Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ashok_ji_007.jpg?itok=8EwSiunf)
Digging them into a hole
Posted on 08 Dec, 2013 10:00 PM45 year old Ved Prasad, a farmer in Amatikra village in Korba district, Chhattisgarh, didn't always have a bent back. 20 years ago, he walked in an upright manner but over the last five years, he's had severe back pain, which has affected his gait. 50 year old Bhola Singh from the same village has an identical story to tell.
![Amatikra residents with skeletal fluorosis](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/skeletal_fluorosis_0.jpg?itok=EssOHpB2)
Phailin rain increases Andhra groundwater levels
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 10:21 AMPhailin increases Andhra groundwater levels
![Phailin raises groundwater in Andhra (EU-ECHO)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/phailin.jpg?itok=NTd_u9Gf)
Gujarat government arrests activists protesting Narmada weir
Posted on 05 Nov, 2013 11:02 AMGujarat government culls protest against weir on the Narmada river
![Sardar Sarovar Dam Source: Geolocation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar.jpg?itok=MP-J8197)
110 countries pledge to phase out mercury
Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 09:10 AM110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury
![No more mercury thermometers (Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/maximum_thermometer_close_up_2.jpg?itok=hFba4l4N)
Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated
Posted on 06 Oct, 2013 10:54 PMRajasthan's drinking water most contaminated
![Right to safe drinking water (Source: Merck Group)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/contamination.jpg?itok=vXODFNe5)
Government allows shale gas exploration
Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 06:00 AMGovernment allows shale gas exploration
![Shale gas exploration in Alaska Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/potential-shale-oil-and-gas-reserves-in-alaska-quantified-2.jpg?itok=E1ZbO36G)
Gulf of Kutch is India's first marine eco-sensitive zone
Posted on 16 Sep, 2013 01:36 AMGulf of Kutch will be India's first marine eco-sensitive zone
![No more effluent in the Gulf of Kutch (Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/meethapur_march_29.jpg?itok=PxFlYERg)
Blue technologies to fight the water crisis
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 09:49 PMA recent news report said that UNICEF was promoting a machine that purifies sweat from people’s clothes to get potable drinking water (Fox News). Sounds gross?
![Conserve drinking water!](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking-water.jpg?itok=k5YvjiwL)