KOT ASADULLAH: Basharat Ali was 15 when his legs began to falter, a condition doctors have blamed on polluted water in a Pakistani region infamous for the deformities that afflict many of its people. They are widely blamed for contaminating the water local residents have to drink. New wells have been dug since, but they only provide more water polluted with arsenic. A government-funded filtered water plant is also currently under construction, but residents say neither will be enough. Polluted water could also result in neuropathy—a nerve dysfunction that can lead to deformity-causing numbness or weakness in the limbs.

Source: Pakistan Today May 11, 2018 07:07 UTC