Transforming India’s approach to cancer care
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
Cancer
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Blind to danger
The government turns a Nelson s eye while the construction sector makes hay on phosphogypsum, a carcinogenic byproduct of the fertiliser industry
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A time bomb ticking
Air pollution continues to violate health guidelines in many cities of the world. Sulphur dioxide and particulate matter are the most commonly recorded pollutants. Independently or in combination,
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Cancer class
Mina Bissell of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California, USA, has long pointed out that micro-environment plays an important role in the development of cancer. Cancer cells, just like any
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More Vitamin C
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health, USA, have recommended that the daily allowance of Vitamin C for human beings should be doubled or tripled because there is evidence of its
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Safe fibres
A technique to create safe ceramic fibres
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A close look at particles
Simply put, particles are tiny killers thatadversely affect humans at very lowconcentrations and even with minimal increase
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Relevance to India
While countries with comparatively low particulate pollution are concerned, the Indian administration is complacent
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Crying out loud
If Delhi responded to the air pollution problem like Mexico City, the city would be paralysed for half the year
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Particles in our body
Minute particles have a lethal effect on human health
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The US experience
Studies conducted in USA have revealed that particulate pollution has a serious effect on the life expectancy of people. Let us assume that a serious episode of particulate pollution leads to heart