Tagged: anemia

Since 1951, the Law Has Promised Care. The Health Record Says Otherwise.

Every large Assam tea estate has been legally required to run its own hospital for seven decades. A 2026 sociological review, and the maternal-mortality and anaemia record behind it, finds disease among the women who work the gardens has kept rising anyway.

The Iron Assam's Own Cup Takes From Its Pickers

Peer-reviewed surveys put anemia in Assam's tea garden workforce as high as 88 to 100 percent. The diet is the main cause. The tannins in the tea they pick and brew strong are a real, measurable second one.