Maggi banned for 15 days in Delhi
The Delhi government has banned Maggi noodles for 15 days, saying the lead content found in the samples is beyond permissible limits. It has also asked Nestle India, the company which manufactures Maggi,
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Big Debate: Who is responsible for poisoning Maggi?
Big Debate: Who is responsible for poisoning Maggi? The debate is being moderated by Neha Panth with following panelists:Sambit Patra (BJP)Priyanka Chaturvedi (Congress)Sudheer OjhaDeepak SharmaShriraam
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3 studies link variant gene to risk of severe vision loss
Scientists say they have identified a genetic variation that substantially raises the risk of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of severe vision loss in the elderly. The finding,
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Relationship of hemoglobin to occupational exposure to motor vehicle exhaust
<p><em>The objective of the study is to study the relationship of hemoglobin to exposure to motor vehicle exhaust.</em></p> <p><em>http://tih.sagepub.com/content/12/5/629.abstract</em></p>
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Cancer risk warning in UK
Britain's food safety watchdog has advised people not to eat around 350 food products that have been contaminated with an illegal dye that could lead to an increased risk of cancer. The dye, Sudan I,
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Water quality assessments for urban water environment
Worldwide demand for freshwater resources is continuously increasing to satisfy the need for increasing population and growing economies. Further, both biophysical and social patterns and processes are
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Ban endosulfan: traders
KRISHNAGIRI: The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), demanded the immediate ban of endosulfan. The Sangam staged a demonstration near the Five-Road Junction in Krishnagiri on Tuesday. Leading the demonstration, M.
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Both research for adaptation and research on adaptation are needed to inform society’s response to climate change impacts
This brief, which builds on discussions at the Adaptation Futures 2016 conference, argues that in order to transform adaptation knowledge into successful action, we need research on adaptation as well
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‘Mumbai leads the way in tuberculosis control’
MUMBAI: Bill Gates, the world's richest man, has mega plans for India's children. Sometime this year, a desi vaccine developed and produced as part of his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's work may get
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HK scientists sound alert on another bird flu virus
A bird flu virus commonly found in chickens in Hong Kong's markets could mutate and jump more easily to humans, possibly leading to the next influenza pandemic, scientists said. Researchers found
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Consumers' thumbs-up to Coke, Pepsi
Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel.
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Bid to scuttle tobacco warning
NGOs have claimed that recent reports suggesting that one of the pictorial warnings for tobacco products resembles footballer John Terry could be an attempt by the manufacturers to scuttle the pictorial warnings once again. In a recent RTI filed by the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), the issue was brought to the notice of Union health ministry earlier in November by Philip Morris, manufacturer of the leading cigarette brand Marlboro. “However, digging the issue once again now could be a deliberate move by the manufacturers to put the warnings in trouble.”
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New Rs 100-cr campaign to combat diabetes
The government, the pharma industry and leading hospital chains are planning an allout assault on diabetes. The health ministry has planned a Rs 100-crore campaign to increase awareness about
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Uranium-rich Domisiat citizens contracting diseases
People near Meghalaya's uranium-rich deposit at Domisiat in West Khasi Hills district are contracting diseases leading to deformities and deaths, according to social organizations there. This year
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National Rural Health Mission scam: Big hospitals grabbed little grants for poor
LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started its crackdown in the multi-thousand crore National Rural Health Mission scam by conducting search at ten leading eye hospitals in the city on
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High Court notice to Centre, Delhi Govt on mobile tower removal
Replies sought by January 14, on health hazards in residential areas. The Centre and the city Government were on Monday directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea for a ban on high frequency
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Ambient air pollutant concentrations during pregnancy and the risk of fetal growth restriction
This recent study conducted by Professor David Rich and colleagues from the School of Public Health in Piscataway, New Jersey, found that exposure to traffic pollution could affect fetal development and lead to an increased chance of having a small baby.
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Maggi row: High Court asks FSSAI why it banned 9 variants when lead content was high only in 3
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday justified its decision of imposing a country-wide ban on Maggi noodles. The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked if India’s food regulator
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Beyond the acceptance level
Children in the US suffer lower IQ levels even at acceptable levels of lead in the blood <br>
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Manganese deficiency may lead to osteoporosis
Broken deer antlers in Spain have led researchers to suggest that it may be time to change the hypothesis on osteoporosis as being a result of calcium deficiency. In a study published in the journal, Frontiers