Cancer leading death cause in Beijing
BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cancer has been the leading cause of death among residents in Beijing during the past eight years, Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning said Monday.
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Restless energy drink unsafe: Food regulator
In an overdrive since Maggi noodles tested positive for high levels of lead, the FSSAI today said Restless energy drink available in markets is unsafe and will be recalled. Withdrawing the no objection
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Hepatitis-B vaccine makers look abroad
With the domestic Hepatitis B vaccine market in a slump, pharma majors are looking overseas to shore up bottomlines. Wockhardt and Shantha Biotech are taking a lead in tapping foreign markets. While
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Angry parents storm China plant that poisoned kids
Beijing: Hundreds of villagers broke into a smelting plant in north China blamed for the lead poisoning of more than 600 children, smashing trucks in protest, state media reported on Monday.
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BWSSB plugs leakage at STP, checks flow of sewage into Jakkur lake
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) officials on Monday plugged leakages at the sewage treatment plant (STP) which was the main cause of sewage water entering Jakkur Lake and leading to huge
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Rapid Gender Analysis- COVID-19: West Africa – April 2020
<p>Women and men, girls and boys, urban and rural populations in West Africa are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Immediate impacts at the time of this research center around reduced income and
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Call for ban on leaded fuel in Bangladesh
Environmental and health experts in Bangladesh have called for an immediate ban on leaded gasoline to save urban population, especially children, from lead poisoning. The experts, participaing in a
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Big food brands hide harmful effects: CSE
Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has alleged that leading food manufacturers are guilty of “large scale misbranding and misinformation” by claiming that their food products contain
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Energy drinks may increase blood pressure: Study
Consumption of energy drinks may lead to increase in blood pressure, which can cause risk of serious cardiovascular events, a new study has claimed. Anna Svatikova, of the Mayo Clinic in US and colleagues
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Cong blames State Govt for infant deaths after vaccination
The State Congress has alleged that the BJP State Government should be held responsible for the deaths of children in the Chhatarpur and Damoh districts after being administered measles vaccine. The party has alleged that these incidents were the outcome of bad practices of corrupt officials as they had purchased substandard medicines leading to the death of infants.
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Move to make new oral cholera vaccines available
Fruitful discussions between leading policymakers and representatives of international agencies
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The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017
<p>Mental disorders are among the leading causes of non-fatal disease burden in India, but a systematic understanding of their prevalence, disease burden, and risk factors is not readily available for
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Heatwaves: addressing a sweltering risk in Asia-Pacific
The last decade was the warmest on record, and leading organisations on climate change indicate that warmer temperatures are not a potential threat but a surety. This report considers ways in which disaster
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5-in-1 infant protection
The health ministry has introduced an additional vaccine to protect infants against pneumonia, one of the leading causes of death in children under 15 years in Bhutan, and meningitis.
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Prestigious science journal retracts findings on ill-effects of GM maize
Author's supporter plans to publish study in another journal A year-after the prestigious ‘Food and Chemical Toxicology’ Journal published a study which concluded that biotech maize and herbicides can cause “severe adverse health effects including mammary tumours and kidney and liver damage, leading to premature death,” the journal has announced retracting the piece for want of sufficient data.
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Nigeria Ranks 4th in Soft Drinks Consumption Globally
Lagos — Ahead of the 2017 Drinktec, the world's leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry taking place in Munich Germany from September 11 to 25, it has been revealed that Nigeria is
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Responding to COVID-19: CGIAR’s contribution to global response, recovery and resilience
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic, itself likely the result of unsustainable food, land and water systems, is exposing weaknesses in food systems, societies and economies around the world. The health risks of the
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Russian rocket site linked to sickness
Unburned fuel from rockets launched at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is causing serious illnesses in children who live near the site, a leading science journal said. Researchers from Vector,
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Mainstreaming gender in climate change adaptation
The climate is changing and more frequent and severe extreme events are increasing. This will lead to adverse impacts on economy and human health. The international negotiations on climate change have
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Beware! Liquor in PET bottles toxic
A recent research that is sure to spoil the party of those consuming country-made liquor in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh has shown that some toxic components in PET bottles migrate to the beverages stored in them, a fact that could even lead to cancer.