WATER AND HEALTH

In spite of recent surge of interest in health issues, the impact of water on health has not elicited much attention in the academia. Though fluoride and heavy metals have been fairly researched, literature on nitrate and salinity is scanty; lack of sanitation and its resultant impact on health still remains under researched. One of the reasons for this can be attributed to the existence of diverse forms of contaminations and the variety of risks attached to each one. The present volume focuses on growing threats to health from detrimental pollutants in water, the life giving substance.
The book, divided into four sections, incorporates assemblage of diverse ideas in the discourse to take a holistic view of the issue. It benefits from the valuable contributions of environmentalists, medical practitioners, educationists and economists alike. Containing a wide array of empirical analyses and field level case studies, the volume has metamorphosed into an interesting and useful compendium of issues such as pollution caused by pesticide and heavy metals; health impact of contaminants like fluoride, nitrate, and salinity; and lack of safe drinking water and sanitation. The book seeks to attract the attention of academicians and policy makers to the alarming situation and strong actions that need to be taken to save human life and the ecosystem.

Contributors

A.B. Gupta
A.N. Arora
Alpana Kateja
Anshul Singh
Ashu Chaudhary
Chitra Choudhary
Devesh Sharma
Jaishree
Kanika Saxena
L.N. Mathur
Mukta Agrawal
Neelam Kothari
Nisha Jain
P.K. Parchure
Pradeep Bhatnagar
Priyanka Sharma
Ritu Babel
Rohit Goyal
Sanjukta Saha
S.C. Joshi
Shruti Jain
Sreemoyee Chatterjee
Sunil Kumar Gupta
Swatantra Kumar Dubey
Yasmeen Khan

Alpana Kateja is presently Professor of Economics in University of Rajasthan and Principal, University Maharani College, Jaipur. With a career spanning more than 20 years, she served in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and JNV University, Jodhpur. She has formerly been the Head, Department of Economics; Principal, University Rajasthan College; and Director, P.G. School of Social Science. Currently, she also holds the position of Convener, University with Potential for Excellence (UPE) Study of Ecology and Economy of Rajasthan.
Dr. Kateja specializes in Quantitative Techniques and has published research papers in national and international journals of repute. She has undertaken several research projects in the areas of health and regional economics.