Colas have traces of alcohol, says study
London: Tests have revealed that more than half of leading soft drinks, like Coke and Pepsi, contain traces of alcohol. The revelation will cause concern among those who choose the carbonated soft drink
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Rising Lead Recycling Costs May Prompt Cutbacks
The United States lead recycling industry will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with tightening environmental rules but the pressure of rising costs eventually may force some output cuts
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Plastic & climate: the hidden costs of a plastic planet
Amidst growing concern about the impacts of plastic on the oceans, ecosystems, and human health, there’s another largely hidden dimension of the plastic crisis: plastic’s contribution to global greenhouse
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Data Flaws in China Cities With Worst Air Risk Xi Pledge
China’s efforts to name and shame its filthiest power stations and impose tough new emission standards are the leading weapons in President Xi Jinping’s war on pollution. The world shouldn’t hold its breath
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Health experts concerned over Indias asbestos industry
India's reliance on asbestos in buildings and its poor protection for workers exposed to the material could lead to an explosion in related malignant disease, warn experts.
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UK opposition to farming emissions cuts 'could cost thousands of lives'
The UK government’s opposition to binding cuts in pollution from farms could lead to 3,000 more deaths in the UK, according to research cited by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. An advisory paper
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Assessing the water, sanitation and hygiene needs of people living with HIV and AIDS in Papua New Guinea
However, comprehensive care and support, treatment and preventative services are improving across PNG, resulting in people living with HIV leading longer and healthier lives. Owing to weakened immune systems,
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Tuberculosis prevalence surveys: a handbook
This book was produced by the WHO Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement as a major collaborative effort involving 50 authors from 15 institutions. The project was coordinated by WHO. The book is an
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Information technology and lifestyle: A systematic evaluation of internet and mobile interventions for improving diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco, and alcohol use
<p>Novel interventions are needed to improve lifestyle and prevent noncommunicable diseases, the leading cause of death and disability globally. This study aimed to systematically review, synthesize, and
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Belgium stops Indian grape sales over chemical residue fears
The Belgian Food Safety Authority has taken green Indian seedless grapes off supermarket shelves over fears of high chemical residue levels leading to stomach cramps in children, according to a
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on health problems due to contaminated drinking water, 24/07/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on health problems due to contaminated drinking water, 24/07/2015. Intake of Arsenic contaminated drinking water leads to various clinical complications at times causing death.
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Japan may east mad-cow test standards
Japan's agriculture minister on Friday proposed relaxing testing standards for mad cow disease in amove that could lead to the end of an eight-month ban on US beef imports. The minister, Yoshinobu
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Diet, reduced salt pack pressure-lowering punch
A new report provides more evidence that a low-fat diet full of fruits and vegetables, but little salt, can lead to a significant drop in blood pressure. The findings underscore the role that diet,
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Economic and health impacts of genetically modified eggplant: results from a randomized controlled trial of Bt brinjal in Bangladesh
In this paper, assess the impacts of genetically modified eggplant, Bt brinjal, on economic and health outcomes in Bangladesh using a cluster randomized controlled design. Bt brinjal cultivation reduces
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Only unleaded petrol to be in use from tomorrow
In a move to reduce auto pollution, petrol pumps all over the country will switch to unleaded petrol from February 1. Accordingly, sale of leaded petrol will cease completely from the
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Road traffic and railway noise exposures and adiposity in adults: A cross-sectional analysis of the Danish diet, cancer, and health cohort
<p>Traffic noise has been associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Potential modes of action are through stress and sleep disturbance, which may lead to endocrine dysregulation and overweight.
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Gas chambers
Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs
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Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September–October 2015: demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies to reduce downwind smoke exposure
<p>In September–October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), leading to persistently hazardous
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Cancer cases on the rise in Himachal , says study
Lack of awareness and inadequate medical facilities especially in the backward areas are leading to increased incidence of cancer in the state, a study has noted. The study conducted by the
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A unified framework for the infection dynamics of zoonotic spillover and spread
<p>A considerable amount of disease is transmitted from animals to humans and many of these zoonoses are neglected tropical diseases. As outbreaks of SARS, avian influenza and Ebola have demonstrated,