A case study on Environmental anthropology
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A case study on Environmental anthropology
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>In the modern era anthropology has to change its nature. The Environmental anthropology is going to understand the main problems of the society. Anthropogenic world always creates the various polluted matter. The people of the world are affected by the environmental pollution. Anthropology has to come to find out the clues how society is changed? Environment and society are sisters of a culture.. Main purpose of the article is examined how the people is affected due to the pollution. The article is composed with some anthropological research technique. The method which is used here called case study. Case Study means the actual self experience of the individual.
>Mongal Das was a vanpullar.He is an age of twenty nine; sex is male.Vanpulling was his primary occupation. He has no secondary occupation. He is living in the village Daspara which is located at Gaighata block in North 24 Parganas. The district North 24 Parganas is hardly affected by the arsenic toxicity. He had been suffering from arsenic toxicity for a few years. In the van stand there is no code of ethics to pull the van. A van has been issued to the Mongol Das by the local cooperative society. The cost of van is nearly three thousand, his monthly premium was one hundred rupees.
>When symptoms of arsenicosis were seen in his body, he did think it was due to over working for vanpulling. Previously he did not try to treat himself. Latter on he had felt that he could not work hard. He went to Thakurnagar Hospital for treatment. Doctor detected him as an arsenicosos patient. He gave primary steps. He did give advice to Mongal Das and treated under his supervision. Doctor also used to give him advice for taking vegetables and protein foods every day.
>Due to Ignorance and lack of consciousness about arsenic he had not been taking medical treatment. He thought, it was over working of pulling van. At last he had changed his primary occupation. He did not go to the hospital for treatment. That is why after a few days he had been suffered from unusual events like body ache, in efficiency to work hard, aspiration problems. So it is found that a man has been forced to change his primary occupation, and is going to death.
>This story is not only representing environmental pollution its hazards. It also aware us that how environmental pollution discards our healthy living in the world?
>The main purpose of the case study
>1) Kindly drink free polluted water.
>2) Take WHO suggestion for drinking water.
>3) Contact with local medical centre.
>4) Awareness
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>References.
>1) W H O guidelines for drinking water quality, recommendation, 2nd edditon, vol. 1, world health organization, Geneva.
>2) Current science , vol,72
>3) Chakraborti, D., Das, D., Chatterjee, A., Jin, Z. and Jiang, S.G. 1992. Direct determination of some heavy metals in urban air particulates by electro- thermal atomic absorption spectrometry using Zeeman back-ground correction after simple acid decomposition. Part iv:Applications to Calcutta air particulates. Environmental Technology, 13, 95-100.
>4) Das, D., Chatterjee, A., Mandal, B.K., Samanta, G., Chanda, B. and Chakraborti, D. 1995. Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal, India, The biggest arsenic calamity in the world. Part-2. Arsenic concentration in drinking water, hair, nail, urine, skin-scale and liver tissue (biopsy) of the affected people. Analyst, 120, 917-924. PCI USER Manual on Geomatica V 8.2
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CHINMAY BISWAS >LECTURER IN ANTHROPOLOGY >HABRA SREE CHAITANYA COLLEGE, >NORTH 24 PARGANAS,WEST BENGAL, >INDIA
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