Use and throw
Indian industry depends extensively on heavy metals. Toxic emissions are but natural
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Poison in every bite
The content of tin in canned food increases by 7 to 15 times in one year
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Where do we stand?
Study on heavy metal toxicity is long overdue in India. But authorities concerned are yet to open their eyes to the health effects, let alone act
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The price of power
A significant source of urban air pollution is the combustion of fuels by power plants, industrial boilers, residential stoves and vehicles. A World Bank study in 1998 assessed the magnitude of
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"The management did not adhere to safety norms"
It is 15 years since 60 tonnes of methyl isocyanate MIC leaked outfrom Union Carbide Corporation's UCC plant in Bhopal, killing 5,000 people and affecting more than five lakh. Even today, many questions remain unanswered: How did the gas leak oc
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Electric eyes
Transmitting images directly to the retina may one day help the blind see
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Dump and forget
The US refuses to take back the toxic waste it dumped in Haiti
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CHINA
Chinese officials are calling for a crackdown on the dumping of medicines by drug manufacturers engaged in price wars. "The practice should be banned,' said a spokesperson for the State Economic
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Cold cold heart
If everything goes right, it would be possible to store vital organs to be used for transplants much later
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Kiss the virtual bride
Computers and virtual reality were a huge hit in video game arcades and air force training when gamers and trainee fighter pilots went inside virtual simulators flying virtual fighters and battling
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Plans galore
The Union and the Delhi governments pledge to tackle air pollution
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Out of bounds
Schools in Tehran are closed due to pollution<br> <br>
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TRADE IN HUMAN HAIR
The Delhi High Court has expressed strong displeasure over varying stands taken by authorities on the trade of human hair. The court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to carry out an
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A limit on benzene
the European Commission ( ec ) is about to approve plans to clean up air quality. It plans to impose strict limits on benzene and carbon monoxide emissions. The new benchmarks will force
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Engines of the devil: why dieselisation of private automobile fleet should be banned - the case of Delhi
To understand the problem posed by diesel, it is necessary to understand the new information that has emerged over the last decade about its ill-effects. The first big finding come with air pollution experts discovering that diesel exhaust consists of 10-100 times more particles than petrol. More than that, experts soon began to realise that it is not the total quantity of particles that matters so much for public health as the size of the particles in vehicular exhaust. This monograph busted the myth that diesel is the fuel of the future and shows how harmful it is for the health.
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Warning Quakes
Frequent tremors in Khandwa, which lies on the Budwani Sukta fault line, may be signs of a larger quake to come
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A Town In Terror
* 1,153 tremors hit Khandwa between September 11 and November 27. * Mega earthquakes are predicted in Khandwa by 2003, and in the Northeast by 2010. * The entire population of Pandhana town and 23
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Children of Chernobyl
The nightmare is not over yet
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Life blood
Is donating blood beneficialfor your heart?
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Solid solders
A reliable method for detecting soldering errors on circuit boards has been developed by the heavy industries division of Mitsubishi in Japan. Three perpendicular laser beams just