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There is no doubt that the shrinking of the Aral Sea has resulted in health problems for the local community. However, there is debate as to what extent of these problems can be sourced to this environmental situation. The full effects could take a generation to fully materialize and patterns of health problems to show up. Some of the main reasons why the Aral sea area suffered greatly were from "over irrigation and water mismanagement." Environmental impacts resulting from the changes in the Aral Sea region that could affect human health are "the salinization of the water table, pesticides in the environment and food chain, dust storms and air quality."

In Soviet period, water from Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers that was streaming into The Aral Sea was redirected into cotton fields of Uzbekistan. The productive grounds of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers' deltas and significantly beneficial fields offered work to more than 100 thousand people in the field of poultry, livestock and crop cultivation .In the Uzbek region years of monoculture agriculture of cotton fields left soils depleted of naturally occurring minerals and nutrients. This eventually led to an increased use of pesticides and fertilizers to try and counter these new soil deficiencies. However, these increased chemicals found their way into the soils, water, and finally the Aral sea. These types of agricultural activities have also "resulted in widespread soil erosion, chemical pollution, and poor water quality and quantity." (Copied from: Public health problems in the Aral Sea region)

Health infrastructure, including hospitals and medical centers located In the Aral Sea region are in need of fundamental medical tools, and other equipment for improving health services. Medical stuff does not have necessary conditions to successfully accomplish their job.