Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Compliance and enforcement programs aim to ensure that, even after a period of use, vehicle emissions of criteria pollutants (primarily particulates, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide) do not exceed the original certification standards. Compliance tests protect the certification process, and ensure environmental performance over an established durability period. Most …
The world’s 136 largest coastal cities could risk combined annual losses of $1 trillion (750 billion euros) from floods by 2050 unless they drastically raise their defences, a study warned Sunday. Current losses are about $6 billion per year, with four cities - Miami, New York and New Orleans in …
Mumbai and Kolkata are at risk of suffering several billions of dollars of damages by 2050 due to flooding even if they upgrade their protection, a study has warned. Mumbai would lose $6.4 billion and Kolkata $3.4 billion annually, the study published in Nature Climate Change estimated. In the worst …
Climate change will trigger harsher and more frequent heat waves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of Earth-warming carbon dioxide we emit, a study said on Thursday. But targets adopted today for curbing greenhouse gas emissions will determine whether the pattern stabilises thereafter, or grows even worse. …
The Indian tricolour may have lost its indigenous connection with the ‘desi’ cotton variety, with the use of Bt cotton — a proprietary technology of an American seed company. Jayadhar, a popular variety of cotton grown in Karnataka that was also earlier used in making flags, has been replaced by …
Despite serious reservations in the US about India’s nuclear liability law, New Delhi and Washington have agreed to push ahead with a “pre-early works agreement” that is expected to pave the way for the 6,000 MW nuclear power project in Mithivirdi in Gujarat. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) …
Indian food companies seeking to enter American markets may soon face a tough screening process, as the US health watchdog FDA has proposed a new Foreign Supplier Verification Programme for such products. The new rules, once adopted after an ongoing public consultation process, would apply to all foreign companies supplying …
A wrangle over growing genetically modified crops in France flared anew today as the country's top administrative court overturned a government ban on growing GM corn sold by the US giant Monsanto. In the second legal setback to French restrictions on MON810 corn in five years, the Council of State …
Solar and wind continue to dominate investment in new renewable capacity. Global use of solar and wind energy grew significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58 percent, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), while wind power increased by 18.1 percent, to 521.3 TWh. Global investment in solar energy in 2012 …
Developing countries should speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from their markets following the death of 23 children from contaminated food in India, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday. The children in the Indian state of Bihar died earlier this month after eating a …
Quick service restaurant (QSR) television advertisements for children’s meals were compared with adult advertisements from the same companies to assess whether self-regulatory pledges for food advertisements to children had been implemented. Original Source
The Friedewald equation, which has been routinely used for decades to work out LDL cholesterol concentrations, is inaccurate and could be underestimating the risk of heart disease in high-risk patients, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Developed in 1972 by William Friedewald, the …
Hyderabad: The safety of Genetically Modified crops and Bt toxins is still in doubt and yet no labelling laws have been implemented so far in India, to allow the consumer to make an informed choice. As a result, a consumer cannot tell whether he/she is buying a GM or a …
A rise in sea levels threatens the viability of more than 1,400 cities and towns, including Miami, Virginia Beach and Jacksonville, unless there are deep cuts in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, says an analysis out Monday. Prior emissions have already locked in 4 feet of future sea-level rise that will …
For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world. Chile, one of the …
Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on what is widely considered alternative or natural treatment for diabetes, including ayurvedic and homeopathic remedies. Fifteen companies in the US, including some that procure alternative diabetes medication from India, have been served warning letters by the FDA, asking them …
Lucknow: After getting a positive response from Akhilesh Yadav gover nment, the US-based company, Renewable Energy Alternatives (REA), has begun its search for land to set up the waste-to-energy project in the state. The big project is proposed to come up over an area of around 10 acres. The company …
London: Skipping breakfast, common the world over, has for the first time been associated with an increase in heart attacks. Missing out on the morning meal has been found to increase coronary heart disease risk, reveals a 16-yearlong study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Men who skip …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2008 standards for ozone pollution, challenged by both industry and environmentalists, were upheld by a federal appeals court that ruled the agency properly weighed science and policy. More than a dozen states sued the regulator in 2008 during the administration of President George W. Bush, …
Diplomatic talks on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the global aviation industry have intensified recently as EU and U.S. officials try to stave off the threat of a trade war, lawmakers and observers said. Peter Liese, a member of the European Parliament from the conservative German Christian-Democratic …
