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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Pharmaceutical industry effluent diluted 1:500 affects global gene expression, cytochrome P450 1A activity, and plasma phosphate in fish
Patancheru, near Hyderabad, India, is a major production site for the global bulk drug market. Approximately 90 manufacturers send their wastewater to a common treatment plant in Patancheru. Extraordinary
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Effluent from bulk drug production is toxic to aquatic vertebrates
<p>Very high levels of a range of pharmaceuticals have been reported recently in the effluent from a wastewater treatment plant near Hyderabad, India. The plant serves approximately 90 manufacturers of
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The health risk of formaldehyde to human beings
<p>Formaldehyde was classified as a potential human carcinogen, identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Class 2A carcinogen. It also can
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Air we breathe in is more polluted now
LUCKNOW: Forsake your private vehicles and go for `pool' transport. The drastic increase in vehicular pollution in residential areas of Lucknow is due to substantial increase in vehicles plying on city roads. Going for pool transport could be the contribution of Lucknowites towards saving the environmental quality.
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GM food can cause cancer
French scientist Gilles-Eric S
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Effect of heavy metals on self-purification processes in rivers
The inhibitory effects of heavy metals on self-purification processes in surface water were studied. Toxicities of the metals were evaluated on the grounds of the results of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) test in river water.
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Report of the expert committee (EC-II) on Bt brinjal event EE-1
Report of the Expert Committee (EC-II) to review findings of large scale trials and the related biosafety studies on Bt brinjal submitted to GEAC on Oct 8, 2009. Concludes that that development and safety assessment of Bt brinjal is fully compliant with the conditions stipulated by GEAC.
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Study on the migration of bisphenol-A from baby bottles by stir bar sorptive extractionthermal desorption-capillary GC-MS
Migration of bisphenol-A (BPA), the principal monomer of polycarbonate (PC) baby bottles, was investigated using an aqueous migration simulant. BPA was determined in 200 mL water samples using stir bar
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The aftermath
THE United States Environment Protection Agency has a four-day testing period to evaluate a pesticide
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Home truths
Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment