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Harmful Nitrates – Girl Infants
August 24 , 2019
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- In a new World Bank report about water pollution worldwide, one aspect covered is the “long-term impact of nitrate exposure” experienced during infancy.
- Nitrate levels in groundwater aquifers in India exceeded permissible levels in more than 50 % of the districts across 19 states.
- An infant girl who has been exposed to nitrate levels above the safety threshold in the first three years of life experiences a 1-2 cm decrease in her adult height.
- Female adult height had increased by approximately 4 cm over the last century in India.
- Nitrate exposure will wipe out almost half of this gain in height.
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