I agree but why?
Another FReeper said it’s a nasty place.
Africa has MANY nasty places also. South and central America have their share.
But it’s almost always India.
Why?
Among other issues, see post #8.
I suspect it’s because unlike the other “nasty places,” India has a health care system that allows defective people to survive longer than most other Third World dumps.
There’s over A BILLION REASONS...................
I ask myself that same question. Do they have a lot of specific chemical/radiological pollution in their water/dirt? Or do some ground areas in India naturally contain something that causes deformities?.
I think of Africa as economically impoverished more than polluted. But, perhaps I’m wrong. In developed countries, Pregnant women are encouraged to take folic acid as it helps prevent birth defects. I can’t see poor women in either country taking this supplement.
I’d hate to think of it as a curse. God does not cause these things. Many countries have turned their back on God and we don’t see those issues as often as in India.
I would assume Africa, being even less developed than India, probably has very little infrastructure for reporting abnormal births/deaths.