The US experience
Studies conducted in USA have revealed that particulate pollution has a serious effect on the life expectancy of people. Let us assume that a serious episode of particulate pollution leads to heart
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Pollution and mortality
Possible biological mechanisms by which pollution affects mortality
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Lung Power
A clean air activist listens to a police officer during a demonstration held outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council recently. They were protesting the government's slow progress in improving the
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Deadly Particles
They are tiny and deadly. Recent research has brought to light the existence of airborne particles so tiny they defy measurement. Toxic particles so minute as to be almost intangible. Though evidence is piling up increasingly on the lethal effects of part
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Water for slums
The residents of Kuil Thothom, a slum tenement in Santhome, Chennai, have a lot to be thankful to the Rotary Club of Madras Central, especially R Jeyakumar, its chair person. The club helped in
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Fuel for thought
Germany calls for sulphur free fuels
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Artificial muscle
With the discovery of a new molecule, it could be possible
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India
In yet another instance of animal-human conflict, wild elephants in Meghalaya's West Garo hills are giving the farmers in the area sleepless nights. The pachyderms are descending on the village in
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Return of the smog
Winter, lack of rainfall and air pollution have made the smog in Delhi even more dangerous
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State of despair
Criminals followed corrupt politicians into grabbing contracts related to earthworks. Today, they fund political parties and virtually run the state
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Failing measure
• The embankments of Kamla Balan have been breached on several occasions. In 1963, when the river burst its embankments near Ramghat, it submerged villages such as Kharbar, Gangapur,
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Strict environmental policies
The struggle to restore river normalcy gathers momentum in the US with strict sanctions on dam construction
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Bhutan
Despite maintaining a frugal lifestyle, people in Bhutan continue to dump huge amounts of garbage indiscriminately. This aspect was highlighted in a paper presented by environmentalist Jorgen S
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Tata helipad illegal
the Bombay high court has ruled that the helipad constructed by Tata Electric Companies ( tec ) at Cuffe Parade contravenes the Coastal Regulatory Zone ( crz ) notifications and
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Down with diesel
AQMD s new regulations calls for the curb of diesel
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Playing with facts
An affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the Indian automaker TELCO suggests a misinterpretation of the WHO s views on air pollution. The motive is easy to guess: to protect the commercial interests of the company, even if it means obfuscating the s