There are many more hazards similar to occupational hazards! :fear:
[h=3]As gall bladder cancer cases continue to hit Gangetic & Brahmaputra belts, oncologists keep wondering why[/h] IN Narthua village of Bihar, Vimlesh Yadav, 47, does not know he may have just a little over a year to live. The labourer’s eyes have turned yellow with jaundice -- indicative of an advanced stage of gall bladder cancer. Yadav, just like the village head did, has lived all along in Madhepura district, 40 km from Ganga’s course, little knowing the river, along with Brahmaputra, is somehow responsible for the high incidence of gall bladder cancer in North and North-East India.
The Indian Express
[h=3]As gall bladder cancer cases continue to hit Gangetic & Brahmaputra belts, oncologists keep wondering why[/h] IN Narthua village of Bihar, Vimlesh Yadav, 47, does not know he may have just a little over a year to live. The labourer’s eyes have turned yellow with jaundice -- indicative of an advanced stage of gall bladder cancer. Yadav, just like the village head did, has lived all along in Madhepura district, 40 km from Ganga’s course, little knowing the river, along with Brahmaputra, is somehow responsible for the high incidence of gall bladder cancer in North and North-East India.
The Indian Express