Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Taking note of recent reports on health hazards posed by vehicular pollution in New Delhi, the Supreme Court of India recently gave directions to address the problem. On November 18, the court directed the secretary-cum-transport commissioner of the Delhi government to notify various unions of motor vehicles, including three-wheelers and …
AT A recent meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans, researchers report that a safer and better alternative to aspirin has been manufactured to inhibit heart attacks and strokes. The new blood thinner called clopidogrel was tested by a Canadian team of researchers on more than 19,000 people …
latest research on anti-inflammation drugs may make it possible to replace the formulation which is the most commonly used today, and is probably also the most damaging: aspirin. Few people know that it can be dangerous. The chronic and indiscriminate use of aspirin can lead to stomach bleeding, kidney failure, …
a recent study has revealed that iodine-deficiency is widespread in the country. It stalks not only the Himalayan region but also sub-Himalayan terai areas, riverine areas and even the coastal regions of the country. Out of more than 15 billion persons in the world at the risk of iodine deficiency …
"have you ever known a pesticide to kill anyone?' a neighbour asked me the other day. She is a good farmer. She uses pesticides lightly, only when she really needs them. I pick apples at her place, because on my own, where I use no pesticides, I do fine with …
while reviewing the final manuscript of Slow Murder: The Deadly Story of Vehicular Pollution in India prepared by my colleagues Anju Sharma and Anumita Roychowdhury, a thought about the toxicity of the Western economic dream came to my mind . Western societies have been able to survive and acquire some …
startling expressions of possible environmental degradation have been found in Minnesota, us . Deformed frogs have been seen in more than 100 sites in 54 of Minnesota's counties. At a recent conference of scientists convened by the Environmental Protection Agency ( epa ) in Duluth, Minnesota, the recurring thought was …
The much-touted Yadana gas pipeline project in Burma has run into trouble. Burmese political exiles have filed a lawsuit in a US district court against the California-based Unocal Corp, asking it to stop work in the US $1.2 million natural-gas project and to compensate the affected people. They claimed that …
at long last, the Pentagon has acknowledged the presence of the Gulf war syndrome, a result of exposure to chemical agents like nerve gas and other poisons. At a press conference, held recently, Pentagon officials, after denying the existence of the syndrome for years, admitted that they were wrong and …
To study the association between ambient air pollutants (AAP) and respiratory symptoms complex (RSC) in preschool children, a cohort of 664 children between the ages of 1 month to 4.5 yr were randomly selected from 28 slums (anganwadi centres) of Lucknow, north India. They were followed up fortnightly for six …
Despite tonnes of evidence about the ruinous import of pesticides, humankind, especially in the South, are using just that much tonnes of it• "Pesticides dwarf the other environmental risks the us -based environment protection agency (epa) deals with. The risks from pesticides are so much greater because of the exposure …
The objective of the study is to study the relationship of hemoglobin to exposure to motor vehicle exhaust. http://tih.sagepub.com/content/12/5/629.abstract
The threat to the foetus seems all pervasive, with even something as seemingly innocuous as a computer display screen being a threat. High levels of radiation (including X-rays, magnetic impulses from electronic devices, like computers, or nuclear radiation), can kill cells and damage organs. At low doses, radiation can initiate …
the womb is, in essence, a miniature universe in creation. Primitive cells and tissues take human form within its sheltered confines. Sheltered? Not so anymore. This placid abode of the yet unborn is under siege. Crossing the physical barrier between a mother and her foetus, noxious environmental pollutants generated by …
if you smoke and are on the younger side of life, take another look at the mirror on the wall. You might just be sporting a wrinkled face with gaunt looking features. A grim face with prominent underlying bones and a shriveled skin that is grey with purplish blotches, could …
Workplaces are great. They give you money, satisfaction and a sense of belongingness. But some of them in China are giving their workers considerable nightmares. About 230,000 workers, mostly women, employed in 74 shoe factories in the city of Putian in Fijian province are exposed to benzene and toluene on …
According to a report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine , one out of five intensive care nurses in the US has intentionally hastened the death of a terminally ill patient without the knowledge of the patient's doctor. An overdose of painkilling opiates has been …
shaken out of apathy by a recent study on the health hazards posed by industrial fibre, the government finally announced a ban on asbestos from next year. The ban, which is already in effect in most other industrialised nations, came after a new study revealed that asbestos
HEAVEN is where home istheysay. Factshowevertell adifferent tale. Of coursetheystop short of categoricallydeclaring that the humblehomestead is a veritablehell-holebut results of the limitedresearches into the problem ofindoor air pollution do giveample cause for concern. They allpoint to one single truth:biomass fuels (woodcropresiduesand animal dung)burnt indoorsfor daily cooking and spaceheating in …
