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Inverter to power refrigerators storing life saving drugs
Inverter to power refrigerators storing life saving drugs
ROME – The world’s diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating habits.
The need for an urgent and sustained effort to document the burden of pneumococcal disease formed the core of discussions amongst leading scientists in a WHO meeting, reports. With pneumococcal
Daily wastes thrown into rivers, open grounds. Even after six years of the creation of the State, Jharkhand has no dumping and disposal site, which is leading to an increase in pollution and health
Even minuscule increases in the amount of tiny chemical particles -- by 10 micrograms per cubic metre of air, for example -- lead to roughly a 10 percent increase in risk of death due to heart disease,
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a major tightening Thursday of the health standard for airborne lead, saying that current allowable concentrations do not adequately protect public health, especially children. The lead health standard has not been changed since the initial requirement was enacted 30 years ago. Since then, lead pollution has dropped substantially, largely because it was banned for use in gasoline. Lead emissions still are an air quality problem, largely from industrial sources, the agency said.
Air pollution is the leading environmental killer in the world, with more than seven million people dying from air-pollution-related causes in 2012 alone, a new UN report has revealed. Some three billion
Children prefer snacking on chips, burgers, noodles, pasta, samosas and other junk foods being sold in schools canteens, leading to lifestyle diseases, an ASSOCHAM survey has found. Releasing the survey,
Climate Scorecard Country Report focuses on documenting extreme weather events over the past three years in the world’s leading greenhouse gas emitting countries. Climate change is affecting country plans
A seven-year-old girl sued the maker of Children's Motrin for failing to label the over-the-counter pain reliever with a warning that it could lead to an allergic reaction that caused her blindness.
Leading upto International Clinical Trials Day, which falls on May 20, Suneela Thatte, President, Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR), is hopeful that new orders and revised guidelines will herald
Saudi Arabia will battle air pollution by introducing unleaded gasoline from January 1, 2001, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said yesterday. The kingdom's gradual switch from leaded to unleaded gasoline
Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth provides the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth. The report shows the extent to which preterm birth is on the rise
Road traffic fatalities constitute 16.6% of all deaths, making this the sixth leading cause of death in India, and a major contributor to socio-economic losses, the disability burden, and hospitalisation.
The worldwide trend of growing elderly population is an outcome of declining fertility rate and increase in life expectancy. Demographic data on population ageing, growth rate, health and socio-economic
At least 879 people in two Chinese villages have been hospitalised with lead poisoning, probably caused by airborne waste from a nearby lead factory, state media and local officials said on
Scientists in the US have cracked the entire genetic code of breast and colon cancers. The discovery could offer new treatment hopes and lead to better ways to diagnose cancer in its early, most
The festival of ‘Holi’ is proving to be an environmental risk due to the toxic colors used during the celebrations. Unlimited and uncontrolled use of such dyes can lead to grave consequences in terms of
The growth of the world's urban population is posing an ever growing challenge to provide city dwellers access to clean water and sanitation, a study released Sunday said. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Hong Kong has decided to outlaw smoking in bars and restaurants, joining cities like New York and countries like Ireland in leading the charge against tobacco, officials said Thursday. The