Ringing in heaps of trouble
Radiation from cellular phones is a well-known risk. Now there is another type of pollution from the wireless device which has raised a wave of worry. A study conducted by Inform, an environmental
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Tackling a menace
first-hand accounts of scientific breakthroughs always make interesting reading. Luc Montagnier's account of the fascinating discovery of the cause of Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome ( aids)
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Caught by the horns
The closure of the Idgah abattoir gets under the skins of meat eaters in the Capital, who have turned into unwilling vegetarians
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Why are we all falling ill
The pursuit of unsustainable economic growth, bad development policy, lack of good science, and poverty are a prescription for ill health. These result in a bad living environment which contributes significantly to morbidity. A conference on the state of
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Monthly madness
A group of American psychiatrists have proclaimed that some women suffer from a mental illness that usually begins a week before their menstrual period.
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QED
Scientific proof that pesticides harm the human body
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The value of a raindrop
Rainwater is as usable to the industrialised North as to the underdeveloped South. As important to the poor, rural household as to the gardens and kitchens of the rich. Its value is universal
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Clay has curative properties
modern medicine has found clay can be of good use now. Though it has been used as cosmetic by beauticians for long, therapeutic values of clay has not been recognized by modern science. us
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Statehood first, ecology later
Jharkhand"s leaders have successfully pressurised the Centre to consider granting autonomy to this region. But they have still not addressed themselves to local ecological problems
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Coping with rejection
Special proteins have been developed that would help avoid rejection of transplanted organs
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Washed clean
Wet dry cleaning could soon become a safer alternative to clean clothes
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A safety code
and environment-friendly logging practices will be drafted by the International Labour Organisation (ilo). The new code will help cut the number of deaths and injuries among the world's three million
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A Public Effort
Where the government has failed miserably in providing quality service to the people, some ngos have set an example on how urban waste can be managed. Vatavaran in Delhi and Exnora in Chennai are two organisations, which have set at rest doubts on the dif
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Industry & Environment
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY<br> Nearly three decades after the world woke up to issues pertaining to protection of the environment, precious little has been done by world leaders to put environment and peoplefirst. In developed cou
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The I0C experience
INDIAN Oil Corporation (IOC), a leading petroleum refining and marketing company, is a "low-profile, high-performance company" with a proactive approach to environment manage- ment. All its
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Killer chlorine
Once hailed as a boon to health, chlorine is now charged with being carcinogenic, maiming the immune and the reproductive systems.
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Who will save the fish?
Fish deaths in Gujarat s lakes point at acute negligence
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City scan
Will the future city, marked by responsible governance and a concerned citizenry, be able to address the problems dogging the world's urban centres?
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FOLLOW UP
An increasing number of studies and reports are indicting the Gujarat government for letting off polluting industries lightly. A recently-released report by the Indian People's Tribunal ( ipt )
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Revival of nerves
Some neurone functions restore on their own following a spinal cord or brain damage