If the world fulfills the pledges made at COP 21 it might be possible to keep the rise of average global temperatures to between 3.3 and 3.8 degrees above 1990 levels, but this may be unattainable. CO2 emissions reached an all-time high, with an increase of close to 3%, in …
Vehicles moving along the main routes between Germany and Italy came to a grinding halt as environmentalists blockaded the Austrian border for many hours together. The greens were protesting against the increasing Trans-Alpine traffic. They targeted five locations on the main motorways that connect Germany in the north with Italy …
PACKED off. A stunning US study has clinched the battle of evidence on what tiny particles in the air, mostly emitted by the combustion of fossil fuels do to human health. The industry had refused to admit the mounting scientific evidence that had emerged till now. But this study has …
FINE KILL The health effect of ULTRAFINE particles - smaller than 0.1 micron in diameter - on human health was never properly studied. Epidemiological studies done till now only linked the effects of these particles on respiratory diseases not death. A German study sponsored by the Health Effects Institute has …
A study shows that 7.5-10 per cent of males in Delhi suffer from various respiratory diseases. Another says that 10 per cent suffer from breathlessness and their lung function is way below the expected levels. One study from Bangalore records the shooting up of asthma in tune with vehicular population …
the Austrian health ministry seized 13.62 kilogramme of Dutch calves' liver that tested positive for the antibiotic chloramphenicol (cap). The authorities confiscated the meat immediately and placed the stock under strict veterinary quarantine. It is believed that a Dutch slaughterhouse had exported veal contaminated with the potentially dangerous cap to …
revolutionary Electric Vehicle Alternative, or reva, the brainchild of Chetan Maini, managing director of Bangalore-based Maini group of companies, is not another smoke belching fossil fuel guzzler. The noiseless piece of machinery, first developed in 1996, is electrically driven. reva , India's first electric car, has been much delayed in …
austria's exhaust emissions have been reduced by 56 per cent from 1991 levels, claims the European Commission. This was possible due to a system of ecopoints for heavy-duty vehicles. The ecopoints system was developed in response to "the deteriorating environmental situation caused by transit traffic' because of Austria's geographic location, …
an unpublished report of the Austrian government has said that the European Union should ban the pesticide lindane with immediate effect because of its potentially serious effects on human health and the environment. The report, released by the Pesticides Trust, a uk -based environmental lobby group, said the chemical, widely …
KILLING ARTHRITIS: Celebrex, a new type of painkiller for arthritis patients, has been approved by the US government. Celebrex is the first new class of painkillers called "cox-2inhibitors" that promises to cause fewer stomach-plaguing side effects than many current pain relievers. But the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dealt …
The frozen remains of Otzi the Neolithic hunter contain the best-preserved nervous tissue yet discovered in an ancient human, say German biologists. Climbers stumbled on the Tyrolean ice man in the Alps in 1991. Now Michael Hess and his colleagues of the University of Innsbruck in Austria have analysed the …
algae wonder: Hyderabad-based New Ambadi Estates Pvt Ltd is planning to launch in July-August a cosmetic using the algae spirulina. The product can be used to treat allergies, remove pimples and also as an application for burns. It is going to be launched in lotion and ointment form. Four years …
A team of researchers from Austria report that the lingering smell from garlic-eaters comes not from the plant, but from the chemicals in the blood produced by a change in the body's metabolism. The researchers led by Werner Lindinger found that of the several volatile compounds
a new study of breast cancer patients spread over 35 countries and involving 5,500 women holds out a note of optimism. At the recent European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Conference at Vienna, Harry Bartelink, head of the department of radiation oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, said that the study …
the Pacific atolls of Mururoa and Fantagaufa will once again become beehives of activity. This time, however, instead of the booming nuclear explosions, there will be scientific work carried out to study the radiological effects of the nuclear tests. International scientists will be collecting all types of terrestrial and marine …
With a view to improving the awareness of compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) among customers, the Austrian Association of Electric Utilities and CFL manufacturers have jointly launched a
THE 10th anniversary of the Vienna Convention, which led to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, saw more than 100 governments meet at Vienna to continue the struggle to save the ozone layer. The two-week meet led to an agreement to add two new chemicals in addition to the existing ones to …
THUNDEROUS rumble of automobiles and trucks through Austria's Brenner Pass threatens to shatter more than just the tranquility of the Tirol region. The Transit Treaty Austria had negotiated with Brussels as a condition for its European Community (ec) membership, seems to be in jeopardy. The treaty intended to restrict North-South …
RISKING a split with the Conservative government, French President Francois Mitterrand said in an interview with Austrian media, that France and other atomic powers should refrain from breaking the moratorium on nuclear weapons testing. The Conservative government is under strong pressure from its parliamentarians and the defence establishment to reverse …
LAST MONTH, 40 Aztec Indians led a march from downtown Vienna to the Austria Centre, venue of the World Conference on Human Rights, to highlight the plight of the world's 300 million indigenous people. Lobbying for the rights of indigenous people at the conference was appropriate, 1993 being the Year …
EUROPEAN countries are making substantial investments in environmental protection. Amongst members of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) -- the Paris-based club of affluent countries -- Austria spends the most on environmental protection, as a proportion of its GNP. West Germany is second and now that the two …
