CSE busts the myth about natural and pure honey
CSE finds high levels of antibiotics in leading brands of honey sold in Delhi, points to double standards in regulations as foreign brands sold in India also have contamination.
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Women are No 1 HIV targets'
Women are becoming the number one targets of HIV and AIDS and need special protection, a leading expert has claimed. The virus is now spreading faster in women than in any other group, says US
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Anbumani refutes report on Ayurvedic medicines
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday said none of the Ayurvedic medicines exported by leading Indian manufacturers has toxic heavy metals beyond permissible limits. Denying a report in a U.S. journal that detectable levels of lead, mercury or arsenic were found in some Ayurvedic products, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said drug samples were tested after the report and nothing wrong was found.
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Mexico spotlight on lead-producing companies
Mexico's environmental protection agency plans soon to release an ecological audit of 218 lead producing companies as the government increases the pressure on industrial
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Climate change may lead India to war: UN report
Asia is facing the brunt of climate change and will see severe stress on water resources and food-grain production in the future, increasing the risk of armed conflict among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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Over 5,600 dengue cases detected in Sindh
Experts at a leading hospital shared figures with the media at a briefing saying that dengue fever had affected the province in much harsher fashion than what the official figures showed, which were too
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal drinking water units in Maharashtra, 19/10/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vijaysinh Dubbal & Others Vs MPCB & Others dated 19/10/2020.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/drinking-water-units-Maharashtra-NGT-order.pdf"
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Index, 22/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Index, 22/11/2016. The National Air Quality Index (AQI) is the web-based system designed to provide AQI on real time basis considering eight pollutants i.e. Sulphur
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Outbreak of Infections Kills 10 in Germany
With 10 people dead of infection and 400 cases reported, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said Sunday that a bacterial outbreak in northern Germany was one of the largest of its kind ever reported worldwide. The infection, from a strain of Escherichia coli, can lead to kidney failure and death and is difficult to treat with antibiotics, according to the Robert Koch Institu
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Gene that increases the risk of stroke identified
Scientists have found the first strong link in humans between a common gene and risk for the disease that leads to most heart attacks and strokes. According to results of a study at the Keck School
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Towards a fitter life
Doctors attribute the growing cases of obesity to a sedentary lifestyle and intake of high calorie processed food. On World Health Day (April 7), doctors stressed on incorporating simple tips in one's
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Chemical pesticides cause health, social problems: Icra
Indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides has not only caused health and environmental problems, but also increased the cost of production, leading farmers to debt traps and suicides, said a study
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Toxicity questioned
High levels of lead in adults may not be as harmful as people thought earlier, according to a study conducted by Pal Osterberg and colleagues at the university hospitals of Lund and Malmo, Sweden.
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An Indian cola battle
This month, a respected nongovernmental group, the Centre for Science and Environment, released a report saying that tests on the 12 leading soft drink brands had revealed unsafe levels of pesticides
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Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India
<p>The deaths of those with negative or inconclusive test results but with symptoms of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will be recorded as probable Covid-19 deaths, the Indian Council of Medical Research
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Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health - Highlights from an international conference
<p>The 2020 Vision Initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) coordinated a global consultation process whose centerpiece was an international conference called “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health,” held February 10–12, 2011, in New Delhi, India.
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Officials across U.S. describe drug woes
Local officials from across the country declared methamphetamine the nation's leading law enforcement scourge - a more insidious drug problem than cocaine - and blamed it for crowding jails and
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‘Govt’s fuel policy main culprit behind pollution’
With 'polluting' diesel cars becoming a concern leading to a ban on registration of big diesel cars and SUVs in the National Capital Region (NCR) till March 31, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
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Lead menace
India seems to be doing very little about lead hazards as the paint industry continues using the product
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Indians in West more prone to heart diseases
Indians migrating to western countries are more prone to coronary heart diseases (CHD), the leading cause of their mortality. This has been revealed in a joint study by the All India Institute of