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. …
The American Lung Association commissioned Environemntal Health & Engineering, Inc. to prepare a report on public health and environmental impacts of hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal-fired power plants that would be a useful resource for the general public.
BLOOD shortage in India leaves patients suffering from rare disorders in a lurch. For instance, the Central Blood Bank in Kolkata, needs around 750,000 units of blood per year and the requirement in West Bengal varies from 50,000 to 60,000 units per month. During summer and festivals, the blood bank …
DISEASES like dengue and yellow fever are transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The mosquito originated in sub-Saharan Africa, where some of its populations still breed in forests and feed on animals. Many of its populations, however, have evolved to thrive in human habitats in and outside Africa. It is …
On January 30, attendees at a Koch Brothers’ meet at the California resort, Rancho Mirage, were welcomed with an airship carrying a banner “Koch Brothers: Dirty Money”. The aerial message to 200-odd luminaries from business and politics highlighted the Koch Brothers’ use of vast oil profits to push a polluter …
On February 2, University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology called off a much-advertised exhibition at the eleventh hour. “Secrets of the Silk Road” was advertised as “an extraordinary collection of mummies excavated at desert burial sites in the far western reaches of China”. Pam Kosty, the museum’s spokesperson …
Govt wants large cigarette cos to admit that they lied to public about the dangers of smoking AP WASHINGTON The Justice Department wants the largest cigarette manufacturers to admit that they lied to the public about the dangers of smoking, forcing the industry to set up and pay for an …
A Nature survey shows the pernicious impact of activism on biomedical scientists. More institutions must offer researchers the training they need to stand up for their work. (Editorial)
he potential for increased drought frequency and severity linked to anthropogenic climate change in the semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States (US) is a serious concern. Multi-year droughts during the instrumental period and decadal-length droughts of the past two millennia were shorter and climatically different from the future permanent, …
Numerous surveys reveal high levels of pesticide residue contamination in honey bee comb. We conducted studies to examine possible direct and indirect effects of pesticide exposure from contaminated brood comb on developing worker bees and adult worker lifespan.
The total two-way trade between India and the US between January to December 2010 was over $48.75 billion. This is in comparison to $37.61 billion achieved during the same period in 2009, showing an increase of 29.64 %, according to Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC). The total bilateral trade in …
India and the US on Friday set up a joint task force with the aim of reducing greenhouse emissions at a workshop on HydroFluoroCarbons (HFCs) attended by environment minister Jairam Ramesh and US deputy assistant secretary of state for environment Daniel A. Reifsnyder. Speaking at the workshop, t Mr Ramesh …
Countries in Latin America and Africa, including Bolivia and Mozambique, are most at risk of food riots as prices advance, the United Nations said. The past month
An earthquake measured at a magnitude of 4.3 struck near Mount St. Helens in Washington state on Monday, shaking an area extending north to Puget Sound and south across the Oregon border, geologists said. It was the biggest tremor to hit the geologically active seismic zone around Mount St. Helens …
Already under pressure for delayed blending, the domestic biodiesel industry is facing another challenge in the form of imports from the US. Last July, a shipment of 20,000 tonnes biodiesel from the US reached India. Another shipment of same quantity, at a price of less than $1,000 per tonne (at …
The world has a dust problem. There is more of it than there used to be. Apparently, the amount of airborne dust doubled in the 20th century, according to a recent scientific paper in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The claim sounds outlandish. The amount of dust in the …
FROM sunscreens, antiseptics to medicines that fight HIV, artificially engineered nanoparticles are vital for numerous consumer and industrial products. Of a nanometre’s size, these particles are of silver, gold, titanium dioxide and other elements and compounds. While nanotechnology has become the latest buzzword in science, a group of scientists has …
Indian intransigence at WTO negotiations irked New Zealand to the extent that it became a trenchant critic of the Indo-US nuclear deal, suggests a WikiLeaks cable. The international whistleblower has documents from the US embassy in New Zealand suggesting that quite apart from the country’s non-proliferation concerns, disarmament minister Phil …
A new documentary from the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Berkeley debunks the myth of “clean coal”. Dirty Business, which opened on January 14, shows scarred mountains, abandoned homes on remote hillsides, toxic water streams, respiratory fatalities and children with birth defects as side effects of coal extraction and power …
Long distance migrations by ungulate species often surpass the boundaries of preservation areas where conflicts with various publics lead to management actions that can threaten populations. We chose the partially migratory bison (Bison bison) population in Yellowstone National Park as an example of integrating science into management policies to better …
