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© Kamla-Raj 2003 Stud. Tribes Tribals, 1(2): 111-126 (2003)
Radiation and Tribal Health in Jadugoda: The Contention Between Science and Sufferings
C.j. Sonowal and Sunil Kumar Jojo
Unit for Child and Youth Research, Tata Institute of Social Research, Post Box No. 8313, Deonar, Mumbai 400 008, Maharashtra, India E-mail: chunuda@yahoo.com
KEY WORDS Radiation; linear no-threshold theory; tribal health.
ABSTRACT India’s Uranium Mines and Uranium processing units have constantly been in conflict regarding radiation related health hazards on people of those areas. In recent years UCIL’s (Uranium Corporation of India Limited) uranium mines and processing plants at Jadugoda have been a hot topic of discussion in print media as well as in electronic media owing to the so called radiation related health hazards among the people who are predominantly tribal. While the concerned authority and some scientific studies have been denying the effect of Low Level Radiation (LLR) on health, the local NGOs and activists have been claiming that the radiation related health effects are quite prominent in the area. The present article is an outcome of a brief field study conducted by the authors purely based on academic necessity. Nevertheless, it reveals an urgent need of an intensive and well planned study on the issue to ease the conflicting situation in Jadugoda.
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