First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Gandhi's Challenge to Modern Science
THE enormous changes taking place across the globe in the field of science are bound to unleash new forms of violating ordinary order of life. This is perhaps already very much obvious in all walks
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Deadly solutions
To die, Warangal farmers have to no longer consume pesticides. A mere exposure is enough to kill them
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Hit and Run
Vehicular emissions pose the biggest threat to public health. A study by the Harvard School of Public Health and other institutions found that fine particles from vehicles have the strongest effect
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Globalisation and Development Studies
THE book provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of globalisation and its challenge to contemporary study development. Theoretical issues and debates surrounding globalisation and the
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Immobile Threat
A UK government study shows that particulate emissions from road transport shot up from 9 per cent in 1970 to 25 per cent in 1996. However, in urban areas with little industrial activity, vehicular
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Path of a Particle
How particles trigger health effects once they reach the lungs is not yet clear. There are a number of hypotheses though. A new study published in Circulation (January 2002) has found that ultrafine
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Monitoring GM foods
Accord on global management of biotech foodstuffs
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Malnourished future
More than half of the world's underweight children live in South Asia
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Of mild cigarettes and stiff penalties
Philip Morris told to pay damages for misleading smokers
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In conclusion. Listen to a simple story
Where citizens living near a highway sued their own government for air pollution. The government was asked to compensate for the health of people. In January 2000, in a long-running court