Singrauli map:Layout 1 - Centre for Science and...
Transcript of Singrauli map:Layout 1 - Centre for Science and...
India ‘s MinamataSingrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and manythermal power plants, should havebeen prosperous. But it is poor andpolluted. People complain of unex-plained ailments. Non-profit Centrefor Science and Environment decidedto investigate and found that mer-cury, a deadly toxin in coal, is slowlyentering people’s homes, food, waterand even body.
MADHYA PRADESHSingrauli
C S E L A B S T U D Y
OBRA
TELGUDWA
DUDHINAGAR
KhairahiKushmaha
Kirwani
Obra township
Obra TPP
Shakthi Nagar TPP
Vindhyanagar TPP
Obra Dam
Rihand Dam
Renuka river
Murdhawa nallah
Dongiya nallah
Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar (GBPS) reservoir
Balliya nallah
Dalla CementFactory
Hi TechCarbonHindalco
industries
Aditya Birla Chemicals Limited (Erstwhile Kannoria Chemicals)
Turrapipri
Renukut
Kakri townshipGarbandha
Dibulganj
Bina township
Chilika Daad
Lanco township
NCL Kakri Mines
NCL Bina Mines
NCL Khadia Mines
Renu sagar TPP
ANPARASINGRAULI
SHAKTI NAGAR
WAIDHAN
Singrauli
Sonbhadra
UTTAR PRADESHSonbhadra
LEGEND
Fish samples
Nallah
Ash dykes
Mines
Dam
River
Road
Industry
Thermal Power Plants (TPP)
Khairahi - Kirwani Mercury in humans (n=3)Average mercury levelBlood: 66.68 ppbHair: 1.806 ppmNail: 1.06 ppm
Maximum mercury levelBlood: 113.48 ppbHair: 10.92 ppmNail: 3.04 ppm
SoilMercury: 1.75 ppm
AnparaSoil Mercury: 1.64 ppm
Drinking waterMercury : 0.008 ppm
DibulganjMercury in humans (n=5)Average mercury levelBlood: 32.412 ppbHair: 16.758 ppmNail: 0.418 ppm
Maximum mercury levelBlood: 61.47 ppbHair: 31.32 ppmNail: 2.09 ppm
Drinking waterMercury : 0.026 ppm
SoilMercury: 1.75 ppm Kirwani
SoilMercury: 0.5 ppm
RenukutSoilMercury: 10.09 ppm
KushmahaSoilMercury: 0.57 ppm
ObraMercury in humans (n=3)Average mercury levelBlood: 27.38 ppbHair: 2.673ppmNail: 0.0026 ppm
Maximum mercury levelBlood: 29.92 ppbHair: 6.85 ppmNail: 0.026 ppm
SoilMercury: 0.42 ppm
Dongiya NallahEffluent SampleMercury : 0.127 ppm
GBPS (Near Dongiya Nallah) Surface water sampleMercury : 0.01 ppm
GBPS (Near Dongiya Nallah) Fish sampleMethyl mercury : 0.447 ppm
GBPS (Near Balliya Nallah) Methyl mercury levelFish : 0.505 ppm
Chilika DaadMercury in humans (n=8)Average mercury levelBlood: 25.9 ppbHair: 4.0275 ppmNail: 1.2125 ppm
Maximum mercury levelBlood: 78.68 ppbHair: 30.66 ppmNail: 1.215 ppm
SoilMercury: 1.75 ppm
Mercury standard
SAMPLES STANDARD SOURCE
Blood 5.8 ppb United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA)
Hair 6.0 ppm Health Department, Canada
Nail no standard
Water 0.001 ppm Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)
Effluent 0.01 ppm Environment Protection Act, 1986
Soil no standard
Methyl Mercury standard
Fish 0.25 ppm Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI)