Poison Merchants set to ruin Punjab villages

Another story, this time in the Times of India, on how the health of the villages is being destroyed by spraying of untreated Industrial Waste. Worse, these incidents, happing for ages, are leading to a situation where DNA mutation is happening among the children. It is even leading to miscarriages among women and stunted growth among the children.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Water_turns_poison_in_Punjab_villages/articleshow/2629963.cms
Certainly a pressing issue which needs to be addressed very quickly. For the affected people, it is even more important than the 'high profile issue' of Global Warming.