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Longevity has reduced drastically. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Children are more affected . Contaminated community water source with low pH value Polluted river bed. Atmosphere is also polluted. Black river. Dust is every where. The health hazards, degeneration of the health conditions of the people especially tribal women and children and water contamination is one of the most serious impacts of coal mining in Jharkhand. Jharkhand is an area of abundant coalmines. Most of the coalmines are situated in Hazaribag, Chatra, Palamau, Rajmahal, Dhanbad and Ranchi district. Mighty Damodar River and its tributaries flow through these coalmines. Jharkhand is the homeland of over a dozen indigenous communities, the major ones being the Santhals, the Mundas, the Oraons and the Hos. Most of their populations are concentrated around the coal mines area. Today, the picture of Damodar River or Damuda, considered a sacred river by the local tribals, is quite like a sewage canal shrunken and...

It is now a globally emerging discipline. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Humans live in lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, iodine deficiency disorders, trace element imbalances to name a few. Medical Geology is an emerging scientific discipline that examines the impacts that geologic materials and processes have on human and ecosystem health. Medical Geology: · Identifies and characterizes natural and anthropogenic sources of harmful materials in the environment. · Predicts the movement and alteration of chemical, infectious, and other disease-causing agents over time and space. · Provides an understanding of how people are exp...