Laboratory results of honey testing
It is a food fraud more nefarious and more sophisticated than what we found in our 2003 and 2006 investigations into soft drinks; more damaging to our health than perhaps anything that we have found till
CSE Study
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CSE takes on vanaspati industry
Sunita Narain, who hit the headlines in 2003 on claims that soft drinks like Pepsi and Coke have high pesticide content, has now targeted the vanaspati industry for high trans fat levels.
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Cooking oil high on trans fat content
Kounteya Sinha | TNN
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Out in the Cold: annual fog in northern India poses myriad problems
Ill health would come at the top of any list of the effects of fog and smog followed by disruptions in transport services. Most of what we call fog in metros like Delhi and Kolkata is smog created by atmospheric pollutants that get mixed up with thick, moisture-laden air that reduces visibility considerably.
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Fatty acids profile of edible oils and fats in India
This new lab study on cooking oils by CSE, finds high levels of dangerous trans fats in all samples of vanaspati oil. Expresses concern over delays in setting up of stringent standards and recommends tough enforcement so that companies cannot take us and our food for a ride.
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Environmental degradation and measures for its mitigation with special reference to India's agricultural sector
The term, 'environment', has many connotations. In this paper, by 'environment' we mean the natural environment, which encompasses all the biotic and abiotic elements that form our surroundings, that is, the air, the land, the water, the forests, the seas.
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Crisis commandments
Aanand Pandey / New Delhi December 9, 2008, 0:33 IST When your reputation is under attack, do not look for someone to blame, do not weasel out by citing technicalities, and do not sidestep responsibility. The to-do list forms this article. While you read it, send for Amitabh Bachchan
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There's Rust In The Filter
IF you are concerned about losing the battle against pollution, there's all the more reason to worry. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), the national apex body, can hardly be called a regulator for tackling environmental degradation. In fact, it is "near-defunct". This extraordinary conclusion comes
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Determination of pesticide residues in fruit-based soft drinks
Here the authors report the first worldwide reconnaissance study of the presence and occurrence of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks. While there are strict regulations and exhaustive controls for pesticides in fruits, vegetables, and drinking water, scarce attention has been paid to highly consumed derivate products, which may contain these commodities as ingredients.
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Unscientific mining affecting Meghalaya
SHILLONG: Random mining carried out in an unscientific manner in Meghalaya has led to severe degradation of the environment there, according to a new study.
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Report moots mining curbs
A coal mine in Meghalaya The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment