Poverty forces Indians to brave deadly dives

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Poverty forces Indians to brave deadly dives:
The divers descend to depths of 30 to 37 meters, repeatedly diving and resurfacing, pushed by poverty to ignore safety rules. A few die every season; many more are paralyzed by decompression sickness, commonly known as the bends. ...


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