This the article which has appeared in Tehelka magzine on March 20, 2010. The Cervical Cancer Bazaar YOUNG GIRLS ARE BEING GIVEN ANTI-CANCER JABS, WITH DUBIOUS RESULTS, FIND SHANTANU GUHA RAY AND KUNAL MAJUMDER Photo: VIJAY PANDEY PREVENTION OR TRAUMA? HPV vaccine controversy TESTED AND MARKETED TO MILLIONS OF GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN. HPV vaccine’s side-effects EPILEPTIC FITS, BLOOD DISORDERS, ARTHRITIS, NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SEIZURES Key global players SEATTLE-BASED MERCK, SHARP & DOHME PRODUCES GARDASIL, WHILE GLAXO SMITHKLINE MAKES CERVARIX The Indian vaccine market ESTIMATED AT NEARLY $2.5 BILLION, THE INDIAN CERVICAL CANCER MARKET ACCOUNTS FOR A QUARTER OF GLOBAL SALES. IN INDIA, 78,000 WOMEN DIE OF CERVICAL CANCER EACH YEAR EACH TIME Nageshwara and...