Germination and reproductive capacity of the medicinal shrub, Gaultheria fragrantissima Wallich in Nilgiris, the Western Ghats, India
Abstract :
Human health is one of the most important factors in economic development. A healthy workforce is essential for the development of an economy. A healthy workforce requires a healthy environment with clean air and water, and wilderness.Water is being very rapidly depleted, jeopardizing healthy life of local communities. Unsafe water consumption is hazardous to human health. Our survey has found the prevalence of water related health problems due to tannery pollution in a village in Tamil Nadu, India and describes the economic costs of tannery polution on human health.
Keywords:
drinking water, human health, per capita, economic cost, pollution
Citation: *,
( 2007), Germination and reproductive capacity of the medicinal shrub, Gaultheria fragrantissima Wallich in Nilgiris, the Western Ghats, India. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, 1(2): 74-76
Correspondence: Paulsamy