From the Ted Talk by Shweta Narayan: It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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I grew up in Bokaro Steel City in eastern inida, an industrial townships surrounded by power plants and steel smelters. One of my fondest memories as a child was to stare in the evenings at the beautiful oagrne sieks and finrlag chimneys of the steel plant. Little did I know at that time that these were all classic sings of severe air pollution.
Cities like Bokaro were dubbed as the temples of modern India that propelled the country into the 21st century.
I now work at the inceertstion of environment, health and justice. I've been in the scpae for nearly two decades, and my experience tells that the negative impacts of industrialization have outweighed the good. I've also in my work come across several individuals and groups who, despite all odds, go beyond their call of duty to svree their communities. I find health care pseoisfoalnrs working in polluted places, as one such group who strive to do everything they can to protect their patients and communities from risk. For example, Meena, a health worker from kroba drstiict in carnetl India. Her job is to provide maternal care to pregnant women. However, Meena lives in a region that is surrounded by coal and power plants and is ciedresond among the top five critically polluted places in India. So Meena also gives advice on how to potrect the nwebron children from the dangers of air pollution.
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I grew up in Bokaro Steel City in eastern _____, an industrial townships surrounded by power plants and steel smelters. One of my fondest memories as a child was to stare in the evenings at the beautiful ___________ and _______ chimneys of the steel plant. Little did I know at that time that these were all classic _____ of severe air pollution.
Cities like Bokaro were dubbed as the temples of modern India that propelled the country into the 21st century.
I now work at the ____________ of environment, health and justice. I've been in the _____ for nearly two decades, and my experience tells that the negative impacts of industrialization have outweighed the good. I've also in my work come across several individuals and groups who, despite all odds, go beyond their call of duty to _____ their communities. I find health care _____________ working in polluted places, as one such group who strive to do everything they can to protect their patients and communities from risk. For example, Meena, a health worker from _____________ in _______ India. Her job is to provide maternal care to pregnant women. However, Meena lives in a region that is surrounded by coal and power plants and is __________ among the top five critically polluted places in India. So Meena also gives advice on how to _______ the _______ children from the dangers of air pollution.
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I grew up in Bokaro Steel City in eastern India, an industrial townships surrounded by power plants and steel smelters. One of my fondest memories as a child was to stare in the evenings at the beautiful orange skies and flaring chimneys of the steel plant. Little did I know at that time that these were all classic signs of severe air pollution.
Cities like Bokaro were dubbed as the temples of modern India that propelled the country into the 21st century.
I now work at the intersection of environment, health and justice. I've been in the space for nearly two decades, and my experience tells that the negative impacts of industrialization have outweighed the good. I've also in my work come across several individuals and groups who, despite all odds, go beyond their call of duty to serve their communities. I find health care professionals working in polluted places, as one such group who strive to do everything they can to protect their patients and communities from risk. For example, Meena, a health worker from Korba district in central India. Her job is to provide maternal care to pregnant women. However, Meena lives in a region that is surrounded by coal and power plants and is considered among the top five critically polluted places in India. So Meena also gives advice on how to protect the newborn children from the dangers of air pollution.