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Administration of veterinary drugs may result in their presence in edible products of treated animals resulting in health hazards related to toxicity, immunity, and
infection.
Control of residues of hormones, pesticides, and drugs in milk, meat, eggs, and
other animal products can have impact on both animal and human health.
Changes to agricultural practices over the year are also responsible for many
diseases including cancer (Box 3.2).
Fig. 3.14 Paddy fields
Box 3.2 Cancer Express
Abohar-Jodhpur Passenger train is nicknamed as cancer express due to number of cancer patients traveling in it every day. Cancer patients get on from
Bathinda to Bikaner to avail affordable treatment in Bikaner.
“Green Revolution” during the 1960s resulted in excessive use of pesticides, insecticides, etc., in southern districts of Punjab, which has made the
region as cancer prone belt of Punjab.
Bathinda witnessed fast growth in cancer patients and is nicknamed as
Cancer capital of Punjab.
This is one of the examples where an attempt to bring down the ailment
due to malnutrition for some faction of the society has resulted in noncommunicable disease.
References
Administration of veterinary drugs may result in their presence in edible products of treated animals resulting in health hazards related to toxicity, immunity, and
infection.
Control of residues of hormones, pesticides, and drugs in milk, meat, eggs, and
other animal products can have impact on both animal and human health.
Changes to agricultural practices over the year are also responsible for many
diseases including cancer (Box 3.2).
Fig. 3.14 Paddy fields
Box 3.2 Cancer Express
Abohar-Jodhpur Passenger train is nicknamed as cancer express due to number of cancer patients traveling in it every day. Cancer patients get on from
Bathinda to Bikaner to avail affordable treatment in Bikaner.
“Green Revolution” during the 1960s resulted in excessive use of pesticides, insecticides, etc., in southern districts of Punjab, which has made the
region as cancer prone belt of Punjab.
Bathinda witnessed fast growth in cancer patients and is nicknamed as
Cancer capital of Punjab.
This is one of the examples where an attempt to bring down the ailment
due to malnutrition for some faction of the society has resulted in noncommunicable disease.
References