Blue and Green Drop Project Report 2024
The 2024 blue drop results show an alarming increase in unsafe municipal drinking water, with 13% of blue drop tests across the country that point to unsafe drinking water. The drinking water of 28 towns
Drinking Water
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The gold diggers
MIDAS may soon lose his touch in Honduras because US mining giant RTZ's plan to exploit the Minas de Oro area is facing massive criticism from green campaigners, led by Wilfredo Sandoval Calix who
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Sewer river
The countdown to the cleaning up of the Yamuna has begun. The Supreme Court sets a deadline
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Mines to quench thirst
Plans are afoot to convert the Bhatti stone mines south of Delhi into a major drinking water source for the water-starved Capital. The gigantic stone mine pits, which were closed last year after
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INDIA
• India's DNA scientists have initiated a project to clone the Indian cheetah by using the genes of its Iranian cousin. Scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in
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London mayor's fight against desalination plant
The mayor of London has launched a legal campaign to stop a water-treatment plant after the government overturned his refusal to grant planning permission.<br>
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Arsenic traps
Supercomputers have been used to design new chemicals with flypaper-like arsenic-trapping pro perties. The developers of the chemical hope to test the new material, called Specific Anion
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Industry fouls groundwater in Goa
groundwater contamination in Goa's Pilerne industrial estate has led to a drinking water crisis in its surrounding villages. By now, more than 300 residents from Orda and Saipem villages have been
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Purified, yet sullied?
with water-borne diseases on the rise, more and more people have been buying commercial domestic water purifier ( cdwp ) systems. However, a recent study indicates that these filters, instead
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Heartache tonight
nearly 50 per cent of Calcutta's population may risk developing cardio-vascular diseases due to high carbonate content in drinking water, says a study. A B Dasgupta, member of the West Bengal
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The selenium scourge in Punjab
Two districts of Punjab Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint swelling, certain types of deformities and other health problems. Their crop and cattle, too, are affected. At th