<p>Air Pollution is caused by a number of pollutants emanated from various sources. Under sound air pollution control strategy the detailed analysis and assessment of all the pollutants having detrimental effects on human health and environment is required.
Use of biomass takes high toll
GlaxoSmithKline Plc., Europe's leading drugmaker, and U.S. biotech firm Corixa Corp. said on Wednesday they planned to start the first human tests of a genetically engineered tuberculosis vaccine.
About 28 percent of Bangladesh's total population (41.7 million) is living in urban areas, said a Unicef report released on Wednesday. Among the top 21 mega cities of the world, according to the report,
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected parasitic disease, is one of the leading causes of morbidity, social stigma and economic loss in many tropical and sub-tropical countries.
• The prestigious Sasakawa-dha Disaster Prevention Award for 1997 by the United Nations has been awarded to Anand Swarup Arya, an internationally renowned earthquake expert. • The
Human Scent To Help Attract Mosquito-Eating Arachnid London: The stinky smell of sweaty socks may force you out of a room, but scientists have found that the odour enthrals a spider that preys on malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Researchers who made this amazing discovery said their findings could lead to novel ways to combat malaria that kills thousands of people every year.
Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Centre has begun work to set up a community-based cancer registry and carry out health surveys to document the precise occurrence of cancer, birth defects and other illnesses around
Vitamin A deficiency leads to eye malfunction and increases infant mortality.As the problem is especially prevalent in Africa, diet diversification by using locally available products is one of the
DANGEROUS levels of arsenic, lead and mercury have been discovered on a nature strip between the chemical company Orica's Port Botany plant and a large residential area, contradicting claims there is no
<p>Written submission by the Conservation Action Trust & Others dated 18/11/2020. Conservation Action Trust had filed the appeal before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) challenging the Environment
Water in some blocks of Salt Lake, Calcutta has been found to contain lead, in tests conducted by an
FATS Jim Mann, professor of human nutrition and medicine at the University of Otago in New Zealand, has reviewed several studies which claim that when people cut down on sugars and replace it with
Spent CFLs may be polluting the environment silently and causing a toxic hazard for kabadiwalas who handle such discarded bulbs. Despite a huge spike in the demand (about 30% in the last five years) for these energy-saving lamps, a recent survey by NGO Toxics Link has found a number of ecological concerns with the management of these lamps. One of them is that they are not recycled safely; the mercury-laden glass invariably ends up in the municipal solid waste. Also, there is no set standard in India on the amount of mercury that should be used in a bulb.
<p>The Bombay high court on 13 August 2015, struck down FSSAI’s order of a nationwide ban on the sale of Nestle India's popular 2-minute Maggi noodles. Nestle India has been asked to conduct fresh safety tests on the product before relaunching it. </p>
<p>Zika virus (ZIKV) was discovered in 1947 and was thought to lead to relatively mild disease. The recent explosive outbreak of ZIKV in South America has led to widespread concern, with reports of neurological
The hill state has been leading the country by providing drinking water facility with over 90 per cent population getting potable water. This was stated by Chief Minister PK Dhumal while speaking at the
Concerned that NASA may have dropped the ball, a blue-ribbon scientific panel in London has recommended that Britain take the lead in defending the people of our planet from an overheated threat of
Showing that he was ready to lead from the front the latest initiative against polio, the governor of Sindh visited the Sobhraj Maternity Home , the Government Hospital Gizri and the Sindh Government
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in electronic waste, 27/03/2017. The country’s economic growth, rise in per capita income, and technological innovations coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic
