TV recycling a hazard for city
Lead Content In CRT Sets Putting Waste Handlers At Risk As LCDs and LEDs are fast replacing the old-fashioned cathode ray tube monitors, the capital is faced with a huge health risk. Both the informal
Lead Content In CRT Sets Putting Waste Handlers At Risk As LCDs and LEDs are fast replacing the old-fashioned cathode ray tube monitors, the capital is faced with a huge health risk. Both the informal
The Centre is working on some steps, including imposing hefty fine on vehicle owners, dealers and manufacturers, to check the menace of excessive honking -a nuisance on Indian roads apart from leading
Zika virus has been found in some mosquitoes taken as samples from Shastri Nagar in Jaipur, leading to suspicion they are behind the infection, experts said on Wednesday, as the number of Zika patients
Parts of Europe are reaching a "tipping point" where cardiovascular disease is no longer the leading cause of death, a study shows. Four million deaths each year - nearly half the European total - are
<p>The annual number of road traffic deaths dropped by 5 per cent to 1.19 million per year, according to this latest Global Status Report on Road Safety by the World Health Organization, even as the numbers continue to rise in India.</p>
Health hazards due to complex problems of air pollution in metropolitan cities are very well-recognized. Vehicular emissions are one of the main sources of air pollution. Rising income and increasing necessity for personal mobility and inadequate availability of mass transportation facility has resulted in a rapid increase in automobile ownership and its utilization in Delhi.
About 100,000 wetland birds are killed every year from poisoning by discarded lead ammunition, say scientists. This is one of the conclusions of a report published on Thursday by the University of Oxford.
The Bhakra hydro-electric project, along with taming the Satluj, did check floods and provide irrigation water to the state, yet when the harvested dam water is excessively carried away, it leads to
Blood lead level BLL and growth parameters including weight and height, in children, living in lead mining area was surveyed.
Depletion of groundwater and its increasing pollution could be leading to a silent, nationwide public health crisis as aquifers in many stretches across India are becoming unfit for drinking, according
Environmental groups filed suit on Thursday seeking federal regulation of lead in ammunition, claiming exposure to the toxic metal from spent bullets fired into the environment by hunters kills millions
With growing concerns over consumption of gutkha leading to serious health problems, the Assam State Health department, has started collecting samples of the same for laboratory analysis.
<p>The Rwandan context offers an enabling environment for innovative responses and approaches for refugees based on its national systems and structures. In the framework of Comprehensive Refugee Response
BELAGAVI: The alarming report released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) last month claiming the chemicals used in the bread and buns leads to cancer has affected the bakery industry slightly
xtreme weather conditions such as long spells of drought followed by heavy rains is leading to toxicity of food, a recent report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ) said. Major
xtreme weather conditions such as long spells of drought followed by heavy rains is leading to toxicity of food, a recent report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ) said. Major
Environment Ministry to implement emission standards of coal plants, one of the biggest contributors to air pollution, without further delay. The doctors from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore
<p>Unclean combustion of solid fuel for cooking and other household energy needs leads to severe household air pollution and adverse health impacts in adults and children. Replacing traditional solid fuel
After the H1N1 virus mutation last year, experts had confirmed that the disease was not seasonal anymore. The 'California' strain of the disease has existed since 2009, while the 'Michigan' strain was
Providence, Rhode Island, and Portland, Oregon, are two cities that by all accounts have well-run water utilities and health departments. Both have also had recurring problems with lead in tap water, yet both