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The killer mines

Open cast mining activity in Rajasthan has played havoc with the environment and is killing workers slowly
- 14/11/1997
- Down To Earth
Checking immunity

A team of researchers from the Delhi-based Centre for Biochemical Technology (CBT) has recently formulated an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) -- an immune-based test kit -- for the early
- 29/04/1995
- Down To Earth
Caught in a haze

Indian scientists contest the UNEP report on the aerosol-caused Asian brown cloud
- 29/11/2002
- UNEP
- - Pollution
  - Respiratory Diseases
  - Industry
  - Research
  - Scientists
  - UNEP
  - Asia
Sapping structures

Do you feel too run down at the end of your workday? Welcome to the sick building syndrome (sbs). Ill-ventilated and badly planned workplaces are causing office-workers physical problems such as
- 14/04/2003
Puffing to death

NEWS FOR smokers gets worse and worse. According to earlier studies, about one-fourth the number of regular smokers were expected to die of tobacco-related diseases. Latest estimates put the figure
- 29/06/1992
- WHO
Toxins in samples

phosphorous pentoxide: Severe eye and skin injury and chemical burns to the respiratory track, if inhaled aromatic alcohol (also known as phenol): It's a poisonous chemical that is corrosive in nature and readily seeps through the skin and causes burns vinyl alcohol and magnesium hydroxide: Cause eye irritation with nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea 
- 14/06/2006
- Down To Earth
Feud settled

a long-running court battle in Japan over air pollution from highway traffic ended in December 2000, with an out of court settlement. The Japanese government and the Hanshin Expressway Public
- 27/02/2001
- Down To Earth
Paradox, at the altitude

Mild asthma gets better at higher altitudes
- 14/02/2000
- Down To Earth
Gas chamber

Industries spew poison unchecked in Chhattisgarh
- 30/01/2005
Gas chamber

Industries spew poison unchecked in Chhattisgarh
- 30/01/2005
- Down To Earth
In dis tress

Hair pollution hits Karnataka
- 14/07/2003
- Down To Earth