Bottles can be toxic- Part II
In spite of the prohibition on the use of Bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby feeding bottles, the toxic chemical continues to be found in some baby products sold in the Indian market. BPA is an endocrine disrupting
Toxicity Studies
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Endosulfan's exit: U.S. EPA pesticide review leads to a ban
After a lengthy scientific review, the United States last week decided to ban the use of endosulfan, an inexpensive organochlorine pesticide that builds up in the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled that the compound
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Parts of Raj, Malwa drinking poison?
Sample Of Nullah Opening Into Satluj Tests Positive For High Uranium Content: German Lab I P Singh | TNN
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Warren Anderson and the Bhopal Gas Tragedy
He knew about an audit of Bhopal plant, which identified 30 hazards Warren Anderson was the chairman and chief executive of Union Carbide Corporation, once one of the largest chemical polymer companies in the United States. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1921 to Swedish immigrant parents.
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Bhopal's ongoing tragedy
Higher courts will take their own time to deliver justice
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Industrial disaster or road accident?
Yesterday, the Bhopal Chief Judicial Magistrate Tiwari pronounced his judgment on the Bhopal gas disaster that took place in 1984. He pronounced all seven accused guilty as charged of causing the world
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The good, the bad, and the volatile: Can we have both healthy pools and healthy people?
Given the popularity of swimming for recreation and sport, it is remarkable that we are only in the early stages of understanding swimming pool chemistry, human exposure(s), and potential health risks. This is partly due to the complexity of swimming pool water chemistry, which increases with transformations that water undergoes as it moves from its source to pools filled with swimmers.
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Responses of Abelmoschus esculentus L. (ladys finger) to elevated levels of Zn and Cd
The paper deals with the accumulation of heavy metals and responses of lady
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Risk assessment of heavy metal toxicity through contaminated vegetables from waste water irrigated area of Varanasi, India
In certain areas of Varanasi city, waste water from Dinapur sewage treatment plant is used for irrigating vegetable plots. We quantified the concentrations of heavy metals, viz. Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in soil, vegetables and the waste water used for irrigation. The waste water used for irrigation had the highest concentration of Zn followed by Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu and Cd.
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Live a lead-free life
JYOTI VERMA Lead in paints has been indicted as being a silent epidemic EXPERTS SUGGEST AVOIDING DEEP AND FLASHY YELLOW AND RED PAINTS AND ANY COLOUR/S BASED ON THESE Those who believe a healthy home is maintained through water filters, air purifiers and mosquito repellants, now need to scratch deeper. Yes, up there, on the wall.
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The big test for bisphenol A
After years of wrangling over the chemical