Toxic Metals Breast Milk: The recent report regarding increased amount of lead in the blood of children and pregnant women in Bihar is very worrying. Lead is a neurotoxin for which no level is considered safe. Even a small increase in it in children can cause permanent damage to the brain. Due to this, there is a risk of low IQ, difficulty in learning, lack of attention and persistent behavioral problems.

This study published in Scientific Reports is the first major assessment of the presence of uranium in mother’s milk in the Ganga plains, especially in Bihar. This is the same area where dangerous levels of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury have been found in the past. Lead levels above 10 µg/dL multiply the risk of long-term mental and cognitive damage in children. In pregnant women, this poison easily crosses the placenta, which can cause miscarriage, premature delivery, low birth weight and severe disruption in the brain development of the fetus. The concern also increases because the same routes through which these toxins enter the body later reach the mother’s milk.

How harmful is it?

Dr. Jai Patel, Consultant Physician and Nephrologist of KD Hospital (Ahmedabad) says that the increase in lead in the body of children is very dangerous. It stunts brain development, leading to falling IQ, poor attention and learning abilities, and also affects behavior. Apart from this, it also affects immunity and growth. During pregnancy, this poison easily crosses the placenta, which increases the risk of miscarriage, premature delivery, low birth weight babies and life-long developmental problems. Even at low levels, the effects of lead are permanent and irreversible.

How does poison reach mother’s milk?

If we talk about where it reaches, then lead and other neurotoxins enter the body through many routes, which include water, soil, food, utensils, spices or air. Whatever things affect the mother on a daily basis, gradually get accumulated in the body and enter the blood and reach the milk during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Toxins mostly accumulate in the bones and are released into the blood during pregnancy, so the newborn is at greatest risk because this is the most sensitive period of brain and body development.

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Security forces have arrested three Chinese citizens in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. The allegation is that they were trying to buy 2 kilograms (about 4.4 pounds) of uranium illegally. The country’s State Security Service (SSG) gave information about this arrest on Saturday and also released the video of the operation.

plan to transport uranium
According to the security service, the accused were planning to transport nuclear material to China via Russia. For this the criminal group had planned to pay $400,000 (about 3.44 lakh euros). A Chinese national already in Georgia, who was violating Georgian visa rules, called in a team of experts to search for uranium in the country.

The plan was going on from China
Members of other criminal groups were coordinating this operation from China. The arrested criminals were caught negotiating the terms of illegal transactions, the security service said. The security agency has not yet made public the exact date of the arrest or the identity of the accused. A video of the operation was released showing how the arrest was carried out.

Arrest was made in 2019 also
In the year 2019, the security agencies of Georgia had detained two people. They were accused of trying to handle and sell uranium-238 worth $2.8 million (about Rs 23 crore).

121 people were caught in 2016
In 2016, Georgian authorities arrested 121 people, including citizens of Georgia and Armenia. This action was taken during two covert operations in the same month. These people were accused of trying to sell uranium-238 and uranium-235 worth about $203 million (about Rs 1,700 crore).

Nuclear security became a big concern after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the security of nuclear materials became a major concern for Georgia, one of its member states. After the closure of Soviet-era research institutes, the security of the country’s remaining nuclear material weakened, making Georgia an easy target for smugglers.

Vladimir Putin has strongly criticized the US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose heavy tariffs on India to buy crude oil from Russia. He has accused America of ‘double standard’. He said that America buys a large amount of uranium from Russia. Last year, Russia sold $ 800 million to the US and is expected to sell up to $ 1.2 billion this year. He said that Trump himself is buying uranium and pressurizing India to stop crude oil khardina.

Putin said this at the International Valdai Forum of Security and Geopolitical Experts of 140 countries including India in Sochi, Russia. Putin said that Russia is the second largest uranium supplier in America all over the world and this year it is going to buy $ 1.2 billion from Russia.

America has purchased uranium from Russia $ 800 million
Vladimir Putin said, ‘America is also included in the largest countries in the world using nuclear plants and even if not, but nuclear energy is being built there, not there, which needs a large amount of fuel. We are not the largest supplier of uranium, but is the second largest supplier in America. He said that 25 percent of uranium in the US market goes from Russia and in 2024, Russia earned around $ 800 million by selling uranium to America.

Putin accused Trump of double standards
US President Donald Trump has imposed 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods, out of which 25 percent of tariffs have been imposed as a penalty to buy crude oil from Russia. Western countries have imposed centers on Russia due to the war that has been going on for more than two years with Ukraine, but India buys, which Trump has objected. He has also requested European countries to impose 100 percent tariffs on Russian oil buying countries. However, America itself is buying chemicals, uranium and fertilizers from Russia.

Russia will compensate for the loss of Trump’s tariff
Putin has also said that India’s tariff is causing damage to India, it will be compensated with oil imports. India buys raw on a large scale from Russia, due to which there is a lot of imbalance in trade between the two countries. On the other hand, America is also pressurizing India not to buy oil from Russia, so Putin wants to reduce trade imbalance with India. He has instructed his government to take steps in this direction and said that Russia can buy pharmaceutical and agricultural products from India.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) that he was not aware that the US buys uranium and fertilizer from Russia. India has made this claim in response to the criticisms being made by Western countries regarding its continuous oil trade with Moscow. When India claimed that Washington continues to trade with Russia and targeting it improperly, Trump said, “I don’t know anything about it. I have to investigate it.”

What did Trump say on the question of applying 100 percent tariff?
According to ANI, when asked about the imposition of 100 percent tariff on all countries buying Russian energy including China, US President Donald Trump said, ‘I never said percent, but we will put a big part of it. We will see what happens in the next some time. Tomorrow we have a meeting with Russia.

Apart from this, US President Donald Trump said that this is a war of Biden and we are working hard to get out of it. I have stopped five wars in the last five months and to be honest, I want this sixth war. I stopped the rest of the war in a few days, almost all including India and Pakistan and I can count the entire list, but you also know as much as I. “

India’s answer
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, American companies continue to buy uranium hexafloride for nuclear industry from Russia, paladium for electric vehicle sector, fertilizer and chemicals, while they are pressurizing India to reduce their business relations. It has come at a time when Trump has increased the pressure on India to stop buying oil from Russia and warned that additional charges can be levied within the next 24 hours.

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Rafael Gossi, Chief of the United Nations Atomic Monitoring Institute, said on Sunday (June 29, 2025) that Iran could produce enriched uranium in a few months. This has raised doubts that American attacks have been effective to destroy Tehran’s nuclear bases.

According to Reuters reports, US officials said their attacks have destroyed Iran’s major nuclear sites, although US President Donald Trump said on Friday that if Tehran promotes uranium up to a worrying level, he would consider bombing Iran again.

‘No one can claim that everything is over’
In an interview to CBS News, GRAC said that the abilities he has (Iran) is there. You know in a few months, I would say that they can produce some cascade of centrifuge and produce enrichu uranium, or less. He further said that if I can be honest, no one can claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there.

In the face the nation show to be aired on Sunday with Margaret Brainon, he said that he wanted to eliminate any possibility of Tehran’s developing nuclear weapons. Israel started attacking Iran earlier this month, which caused both air attacks on each other for 12 days and finally America also joined.

What did Grisy say about the removal of Iran’s uranium reserves?
At the same time, Iran says that their nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Gossi stated that attacks on sites in Fordo, Natanj and Isfahan have pushed Iran’s ability to change and enrich the uranium to a large extent.

Groxy was also asked about reports that Iran had shifted its highly rich uranium reserves before the US attacks. Responding to this, Gersi said that some may have been destroyed during the attack, but some have also been transferred.

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After the attack on Iran’s nuclear bases, US President Donald Trump on Friday (June 27, 2025) said about Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that we saved the supreme leader from ‘ugly and derogatory death’.
According to the AFP report, Donald Trump said about the attack on Iran’s nuclear bases that we ended them. We are the only people who could do this and we also destroyed two other sites. We finished them. This was a very bad intention.

‘They could never complete it’
US President Trump said that I believe and will tell the time again, but I do not believe that they (Iran) are going to return to nuclear matters soon. Trump further said that he (Iran) spent more than a trillion dollars on nuclear power and could never complete it.

Trump said that if Iran continues to enrich uranium, we will bombing again without any question. The US President said that if intelligence information indicates that the country is still capable of enricing uranium for nuclear weapons grade, then he will definitely attack Iran again.

‘Ayatollah Ali defeated Khamenei very badly’
Asked at a press conference held at the White House, whether he would consider again aerial attack if he does not succeed in ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions like last week’s attacks, he said without any question. Absolutely.

Trump said that Ayatolla Ali Khamenei of Iran was defeated very badly due to enmity with both the US and Israel and this is the right time to end it.

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We all must have read about uranium in our science class that its chemical symbol is U and atomic number 92. It is used to make nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons. Uranium is a silver-brown metal and also ends over time. Apart from nuclear weapons, it is used in electricity, medical fields and radioactive isotopes. However, it is harmful to humans and threatens the environment. Let us know how much power is there in one kilo of uranium and why it is so expensive.

How much power in one kilo uranium

Uranium reserves in India are found in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Karnataka. India has the capacity to resource uranium and uranium is produced for nuclear weapons here. There are both government and private companies for mining of uranium in India. Uranium is also called yellocke. According to the International Atomic Agency, uranium is a natural element, which is found in the crust and sea on the surface of the Earth. It is found in sugar, soil, water and even in our body. Talking about one kilo of uranium, one kilogram of uranium-235 contains about 24,000,000 kWh energy. This energy is equal to 2.7 million kilograms of coal.

Why uranium is expensive

One kilogram of uranium-235 can be fission for 20 terrazool energy. This energy is equal to about 1500 tons of coal. It produces much more energy than coal and oil. Uranium is expensive because it is necessary for nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Therefore, its demand is very high. Some countries have a lot of reserves of uranium, while some are less in countries. Extraction and processing of uranium is an expensive and complex process, due to which its production cost also increases.

How expensive uranium is

According to reports, the price of one kilo of uranium is about one crore rupees. However, the price of uranium depends on many factors, its type depends on the demand of the market and the cost of production. According to Ycharts, the uranium spot price in May 2025 is at 51.83, which is less than the previous month.

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