Cancer-causing benzene from oil refineries escaping into mostly minority and lower income neighborhoods exceeded the federal action level for 13 refineries across the U.S. in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than 530,000 people live within three miles of the 13 refineries in 2020, with …
IGI Airport, Mandir Marg, Civil Lines Affected; IIT-Kanpur To Study Trend Benzene levels in air are alarmingly high in some parts of Delhi. A potent carcinogen, benzene levels were 2 to 12 times more than the prescribed limit at Civil Lines and IGI airport on Sunday evening and through the …
Air quality registers a marginal improvement Having gasped for breath for nearly a week now, Delhiites breathed slightly easy on Tuesday with the air quality registering a marginal improvement. But deteriorating air quality and the dense smog that had enveloped the Capital for the past few days has prompted environmentalists …
In May this year, Masilamani (41), a resident of a housing board colony bang opposite the Kodungiyur dumpyard, woke up with violent coughs and breathlessness. A visit to the doctor later in the day confirmed that he had acute bronchitis. He was surprised because he had no previous history of …
MARGAO: In a bid to control air pollution in the port town of Vasco and Margao, the district authorities have outlined a 16-point program to check increasing air pollution in the two towns, with a suggestion to make pollution check compulsory for all vehicles entering the State. The program was …
The potential cost of pesticide-related illnesses in sub-Saharan African between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90bn (£56bn), according to a UN report released on Wednesday highlighting the growing health and environmental hazards from chemicals. It said the estimated cost of pesticide poisoning exceeds the total amount of international aid for …
Over 160 people from Dharavi, many of them children, were hospitalised on Thursday as they took ill after playing Holi allegedly with toxic colours. While some children fainted or felt giddy, others went blue as the contaminated colours were ingested, witnesses and doctors said. Four children and one adult are …
Limited human data suggest an association of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) with adverse effects on children’s growth. The authors evaluated the associations of OCPs with longitudinally assessed growth among peripubertal boys from a Russian cohort with high environmental OCP levels.
The Madras High Court, in a recent order, instructed industries in the SIPCOT industrial estate of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu to pay Rs one lakh each to measure the pollution levels in the estate. At the court’s behest, the study is to be conducted by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute …
This report presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from risks due to a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered in this review, i.e. benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, naphthalene, nitrogen dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (especially benzo[a]pyrene), radon, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, have indoor sources, …
Biomonitoring of exposure in workplaces has gained importance in evaluation of human health hazards. Since occupational exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons may have deleterious effects, genotoxicity risk among 200 fuel filling station attendants (FFSAs) and 200 matched controls was investigated. http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/8/944.abstract
Biomonitoring of exposure in workplaces has gained importance in evaluation of human health hazards. Since occupational exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons may have deleterious effects, genotoxicity risk among 200 fuel filling station attendants (FFSAs) and 200 matched controls was investigated. http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/8/944.abstract
This work presents an estimate of the air pollution from municipal solid waste transport haulage sector for the city of Kolkata. About 3000 MT/day of solid waste are generated in the city presuming generation rate of 450-500 gm/capita resident/day. On an average, 205 private carriers transport 60% of daily generated …
Concentrations of benzene, a carcinogen Volatile Organic Compound (VOC), have been measured through monitoring campaigns at three different locations on Mathura Road, an intercity road carrying high density traffic in New Delhi.
residents of Kolkata are breathing cleaner air this year¤ according to recent findings of the West Bengal state pollution control board (spcb). The high court order banning two-stroke autorickshaws and old commercial vehicles is said to be the reason for reduction in air pollution in the city. The court order …
Mumbai: A day after two young research scientists died in a massive fire at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, the organisation is investigating if there were any lapses or carelessness on their part. Tuesday
A day after two research scientists in the Radiation and Photochemistry Department of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) were killed in a fire in their laboratory, the postmortem report concluded that the bodies had 100 per cent burns due to a chemical explosion, followed by a fire. The lab …
The Centre on Wednesday announced that both industrial and residential areas will not have different standards for air quality norms. In a major move to bring down the air pollution levels, the Centre unveiled tougher new air quality norms. The revised guidelines have added five more hazardous chemicals in the …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has notified the Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), 2009, which provide a legal framework for control of air pollution and protection of public health. The revised norms have come 15 years after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had notified the …
Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards 2009 released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. As per these norms, the residential & industrial areas will have the same standards. Includes limits for benzene, ozone, benzopyrene, arsenic, nickel and ammonia not covered in 1994. See Also Document: National Ambient Air Quality …
