The thick blanket of smog that has enveloped entire southern-western Malwa region of Punjab these days has become a cause for concern. The haze is so dense that motorists are finding it difficult to drive.
A new drug compound could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the incurable brain-wasting disease also known as mad cow disease, researchers said Wednesday.
RWANDA leads in the EAC as the best place for mothers and children, a report released in Nairobi by the Save the Children has revealed. According to the Save the Children 16th Annual State of the World’s
Hazardous lead-based paints have a huge market in India with 30 million new houses on offer by the booming real estate sector. Talking to The Tribune a day after the Quality Council of India (QCI)-initiated study revealed shocking findings of lethal lead levels in majority of enamel paints available in the country, council
India's leading brands of honey contain high levels of antibiotics.
On the eve of World Cancer Day on Tuesday, experts warned that Gujarat has become the breeding ground for oral cancers as over 1.3 crore Gujaratis are addicted to tobacco consumption. "National Cancer Registry Programme has indicated that Ahmedabad has the highest incidence of oral cancers in the country with 17.1 per 1 lakh population fresh cases of cancer registered every year", said leading oral cancer surgeon Dr Kaustubh Patel of HCG Cancer Center.
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation is planning to set up a new solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. As per the initial plan, the new plant will be set up on a raised land adjacent to the existing plant which is in a dilapidated condition. A team lead by Mayor Tony Chammany along with Health Standing Committee chairman T K Ashraf visited the plant the other day.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – in which a microorganism (such as a bacterium, virus, fungus or parasite) becomes resistant to an antimicrobial drug used to treat infections caused by it – is possibly
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
Gurgaon: Every year, stubble burning leads to an increase in respiratory diseases in the city in the month of April. According to doctors, asthma and other respiratory diseases are triggered during
With India emerging as a leading cotton producer in the world, and considering the large-scale adoption of Bt cotton cultivation, there is a need to understand the patterns of pesticide use by cotton farmers,
There is a negative side to increasing computer penetration in India. As much as 330,000 tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) is being generated annually in the country. The recycling of this e-wasle in the informal sector is leading to pollution and environmental degradation, besides being a health hazard for those employed in this re-cycling.
Britain is facing a chronic shortage of geophysicists as fewer students choose to study geophysical science at university and leading scientists in the field retire, a new study reveals. The problem
Taking the lead in the campaign against the sale and use of killer tobacco products, Ropar, Patiala, Sangrur, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur have been declared India’s first five total COTPA (Cigarettes and Other
Climate change will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty, but also threatens democracy and human rights, according to a UN expert. Even if current targets are met, tens of millions will
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In 2019, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) under the Government of India launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which proposes strategies to reduce air pollution
This study investigates the causal effects of long-term particulate matter 2.5 exposure on COVID-19 deaths, fatality rates, and cases in India by using an instrumental variables approach based on thermal
Aquaculture uses hundreds of tonnes of antimicrobials annually to prevent and treat bacterial infection. The passage of these antimicrobials into the aquatic environment selects for resistant bacteria
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize the safety data on two contaminants in food: cadmium and lead. Monographs on nine groups of related flavouring agents evaluated by the Procedure for
