Articles by K. S. Harikrishnan
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Child Trafficking Rampant in Underdeveloped Indian Villages
K. S. Harikrishnan, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Sep 2014
“Many families are unable to afford the basic necessities of life, which forces parents to sell their children. Some children are abandoned by families who can’t take care of them. Some run away to escape abuse or unhappy homes. Gangsters and middlemen approach these vulnerable children.”
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K. S. Harikrishnan – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Jan 2013
Talking to IPS, anti-nuclear activist K. Sahadevan said, “Radioactivity-related health hazards are a major concern for the people residing near the plant,” referring to a survey of houses very near to the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, which revealed a high prevalence of cancer and tumors. Dr. Binayak Sen, human rights activist and member of the Planning Commission’s Steering Committee on Health, said that the Kudankulam plant posed serious health consequences, not only for those residing in the immediate vicinity, but for inhabitants of the entire region.
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K. S. Harikrishnan – Inter Press Service-IPS,
20 Aug 2012
Four-year-old Deepak Yadav, a mentally disabled boy, was being treated for stomach problems at a government hospital for children. But when repeated administration of the anti-ulcer drug Rabeprazole started to exacerbate his condition, his parents stopped treatment and sought help from the Clinical Trial Victims Association (CTVA), which discovered that the boy had been a lab rat for an untested drug. Deepak is now almost entirely reliant on his mother for survival. The family is poor, yet “doctors did not take any steps to get us compensation,” his father added.
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