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 United States must take on a leading role in combatting global warming, the head of the country's delegation to climate change talks said in an interview published Wednesday.
By Hal Weitzman in Pike County, Illinois, and Javier Blas in London Consumers were warned to expect even sharper increases in global food prices after US officials said that some of the country's best farmland was facing its worst flooding for 15 years. Agriculture officials and traders said the damage …
Two chemicals widely used in cleaning agents for homes, offices and hospitals cause birth defects and fertility problems in mice whose cages have been in contact with them, according to Patricia Hunt at Washington State University in Pullman. The quaternary ammonium compounds ADBAC (n-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride) and DDAC …
Public health threats rise to the surface during a flood like the one in the Midwest with animal waste runoff from farms and overflowing city sewer lines. But people are usually smart enough to avoid what can make them sick, experts say. For example, the 1993 floods in the same …
The country's largest organization of doctors Tuesday refused to challenge a controversial tobacco bill that would ban many flavor additives in cigarettes sold in the United States but exempt menthol flavoring. Under a bill before Congress that gives control of tobacco products to the Food and Drug Administration, flavor additives …
The White House on Tuesday directed four agencies to develop yardsticks for charting changes in the amount and quality of the nation's water. Clay Johnson, a deputy director of the White House budget office, said various indicators would be used to evaluate whether environmental policies and programs are working. "We …
There were 1,313 cases of polio last year. So far this year, there have been 558 cases. Here is a list of countries that have reported polio this year: India: 258 Nigeria: 247 Angola: 12 Pakistan: 11 Niger: 9 Afghanistan: 8 Chad: 4 Nepal: 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo: …
Be afraid, be very afraid. There is no telling what the next disaster will be. Another terrorist attack? A steam pipe explosion like the one that shut down several blocks of Lexington Avenue a year ago? Or perhaps a pandemic flu that would cripple New York City's economy by making …
Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, US researchers said. In a small study, the researchers tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer who decided against conventional medical …
The number of refugees fleeing to other countries to escape conflict and persecution rose in 2007 for the second year as factors from climate change to over scarce resources threatened to increase the flow, the United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday. A total of 11.4 million refugees were under the …
It would be a sad census in any case, but the tally of trees lost in Central Park to high winds during the storm on June 10 comes with particular ill grace in the middle of the Million Trees NYC campaign. Skip to next paragraph Leave a Comment on City …
The number of refugees crossing borders to escape conflict and persecution increased last year, and threatens to continue to grow because of factors like climate change and scarce resources, the United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees oversaw the care of …
The Manmohan Singh government reckons it is make or break time for its civilian nuclear deal with the Bush administration. The bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement (the
India has asked the US to cut farm subsidies by just one dollar and New Delhi will come on board for a deal on the Doha Round of trade talks which has dragged for seven years. "My offer to the US is that they should reduce their subsidy by just …
It is a coming of age for the small car. Just as India and the world focus on ultra-cheap cars, the original small car seems to be acquiring a big status globally as more and more people choose to drive small. Importantly, the trend is catching up in Europe and …
A businessman of Indian origin was sentenced to 35 months in a US federal prison on Monday for allegedly exporting ballistic missile technology to India in a case that calls into question talk of a strategic relationship between the two countries and the salience of American nonproliferation laws. At a …
Russia has come out in support of the Indo-US nuclear deal. But it has said that a draft agreement with Moscow could not be signed in view of international laws that Russia recognized. Senior government sources said that the Russians were always aware that fresh projects not covered under past …
