In a break for anthrax investigators, scientists say they have discovered genetic fingerprints that may help determine which of many laboratories is the likely source of the virulent microbe used in
The U.K.government is to step up efforts to tackle teenage pregnancies amid evidence that babies born to teenage mothers are 60% more likely to die in their first year than those born to other
Fluorosis is one disease that has had Delhi'ites in its grip for the last 64 years but has failed to figure in the medical books. The disease, which caused by fluoride action on human tissues is
Close to 300 women die every day during child birth or because of pregnancy related causes. Merely increasing resource allocation cannot be the panacea for all problems. There needs to be greater
Ways and means of combating illegal forest practices were the main theme of discussions among international experts who met at the Rome headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)
The hundred of so boats anchored in a fishing port of Penglai in China's Shandong province have seen better days. Their blue paint is chipped, their equipment rusty. A handful of fishermen brave the
President Bush has submitted a detailed proposed budget for 2002, which outlines spending cuts on environmental programmes by almost $2.3 billion.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has published assessments of water resources and salinity across the continent, as part of Australia's new natural resources
Foot and mouth mysteriously spread to a northern province of the Netherlands, the first case outside a sealed-off contamination area where 20 other cases have been discovered, the government said.
Even when the issue of the mass death of fish in Sutlej river near Nangal, allegedly due to release of polluting effluents has been taken up by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, another major
Drug companies have begun negotiating with South African officials to settle a lawsuit seeking to prevent South Africa from importing cheaper anti-AIDS drugs and other medicines, a drug company
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), representing the world's 30 most developed economies, has issued a call for action, in order "to prevent irreversible damage to our
American economists have calculated what they say is the the cheapest system of greenhouse gas trading, suggesting that there should be a ceiling on the maximum tolerable change in temperature.
According to an Ohio State University study, ploughing fields pollutes nearby lakes and rivers. According to researcher Lynn Forster from Ohio State University agricultural contaminants such as
A judge at Doncaster Crown Court has sent a Selby fish farmer to jail for four months after he admitted three offences of knowingly keeping controlled waste on land where no waste management licence
Membranes are being used increasingly frequently during industrial processes for water treatment - such as for removing metal ions, creating a more suitable effluent, according to representatives
The world's most powerful drug firms sparred with AIDS activists ahead of a court case which may emerge as a key test of the developing world's ability to secure affordable medicines. The
Confusion created by the mutually conflicting instructions of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), Hrishikesh Panda, and the Revenue Department on the creation and renovation of water structures, like
As many as 7150 tuberculosis cases in Chennai have been identified and followed up for treatment since the launch of the revised TB control programme in 1999, the Chennai Corporation Health Officer,
By 2002, 17 Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) and 15 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) will be in place in the Capital to check the quality of sewage entering into the
