Polluting politics
<font class='UCASE'>teri</font> s conjuring act is a part of the automobile lobby s sustained efforts to block the introduction of CNG in the capital
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Germ warfare
A new technique would help combat drug resistant infections
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Hail inhaler
Doubts concerning the reliability of inhalers in controlling mild asthma have been put to rest as a recent study in the US has given beta agonists the clean chit
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Hell Hole
Gujarat industrialists are building a site to dump toxic wastes in Nandesari. The plans of the landfill, however, are severely flawed and it could soon lead to a major ecological disaster in the state. MANISH TIWARi reports from Vacloclara
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Pollution export
The Ontario government recently filed a complaint with the us Environmental Protection Agency. It has criticised proposals it believes will lead to more pollution on the Canadian side of the border
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Dealing with hunger
Hormone therapy may be the difference between the life and death/or the starving
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Chemical intensive farming good for soil?
almost 57 per cent of geographical area in India suffers soil degradation. The reason attributed for this is often chemical intensive agricultural practices. But a recently published research
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A healthy future
Walking improves mental faculties of the elderly
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Hell in our cities
Pollution results in chemicals getting into our bodies, especially in small but sustained quantities. This may lead to serious illnesses
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Healthy link
India's health sector would be taken care of by efficient computerlsed systems
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Malnutrition and diabetes
Malnutrition at the stage of pregnancy can lead to the birth of children who are more prone to diabetes when they grow up, says a recent study. According to group of Chinese and British
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Drained India's inland wetlands
During the last ten years, India has lost about 38 per cent of its inland wetlands; in some districts, as much as 88 per cent of the wetlands have disappeared. Almost all wetlands are heavily contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals. Rich in biodiver
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Baby food contaminated with endocrine disruptor bisphenol A
baby food is contaminated with a chemical that could possibly lead to cancer or neurobehavioural disorders. Invest-igations by Environ-mental Working Group (ewg), a us -based public interest
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Childhood blues
Head injuries and childhood infections may lead to obsessive compulsive disorders
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Should life forms be patented globally?
Patents are monopoly rights granted to the inventors to protect their economic interests. But this becomes complicated when the patent is applied to life forms on a global scale.
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Cause for worry?
BA new study focuses on the link between genetic influence and anxiety leading to varied behaviour among different people
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Beyond oil
Energy security will not come with more drilling. The faster we realise this, the better
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Male contraceptive
the first once-a-month injectable contraceptive for males - a shot in the arm for the first sex - is being developed by a Bangalore-based scientist. Raghuvir Moudgal of the Indian Institute of
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How sustainable a partner?
Industry s role in managing the dwindling freshwater resources of the world was highlighted at the sixth session of the Commission for Sustainable Development at New York. But countries of the South are hesitant about treating a social resource as a
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Finishing touches
Ayurvedic massage can reduce body s toxin levels by 58 per cent