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 Association of South-East Asian Nations (asean) recently signed a trade agreement with the us, which experts say will lead to more trade and investment alliances between the two regions . The agreement was signed between the us trade representative Susan Schwab and ministers of the 10 asean countries (Brunei, …
• A British television channel has been criticised as "irresponsible' for making a drama in which US President George Bush is assassinated. Death of a President, on More4, uses actors and computer effects to portray the president being shot dead during an anti-war rally in Chicago in 2007. The makers …
shampoos may make your hair look good but appearances can be deceptive. A compound called diethanolamine (dea), which is used in shampoos to create foam, has been found to interfere with normal brain development of foetuses in pregnant mice, claim researchers at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill in …
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended phasing out carbofuran, a farm chemical, which is lethal to birds even in small doses. The agency has, however, approved continued use of 32 other widely-used insecticides, including malathion. All the approved insecticides are organophosphates and linked to cancer, fertility problems and …
At least 104 shrimp exporters from six countries (Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand, and Vietnam) reached an agreement with the us shrimp producers to bypass the country's annual tax review. The move came after Thailand, one of the world's largest shrimp exporters, failed to persuade the us to scrap a …
Researchers report that they have found a way to create human stem cells from a single cell, without harming embryos. Reported in the journal Nature, the alternative approach relies on a fertility clinic method of diagnosing genetic diseases in embryos. If the experiment is confirmed, it will offer an alternative …
Setback for Bhopal victims: In a major setback to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the US court of appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has rejected their plea against Union Carbide Corporation for compensation and cleanup of hazardous waste from its plant site. The petition …
High levels of stress are known to cause diseases like hypertension, peptic ulcer and insomnia. But a group of scientists at the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (in the US) now claims that chronic stress can even encourage the growth of cancerous tumours. The team of …
prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves may not be safe, warn scientists who found it causes significant behavioural abnormalities in mice. The researchers from the Yale Medical School in the us, said that when pregnant mice were exposed to ultrasound waves, the pups showed behavioural deficits. They have now called for …
decline of the alps: Scientists say that the Alps, spread over seven European nations, are now a mere shadow of what they were. A team led by Sean Willett of the University of Washington in the US, has found that the culprit is likely massive erosion, triggered by a sudden …
two studies by researchers from the us, India and Japan have thrown new light on the extremely challenging science of earthquake forecasting. The first has to do with silent earthquakes
studies carried out on the genes of a human and a chimpanzee provide a clue to why our brains are three times larger than those of our closest relatives. The studies were conducted by an international team of scientists led by David Haussler of the University of California, Santa Cruz, …
a team of us poultry scientists has found that glycerin, a high-volume by-product of biodiesel production, could be used as a feed additive for broiler chicken. The study by the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas seeks to address an anticipated glycerin glut as several …
The increasing popularity of on-site power generation is driving the demand for methods to compensate customer-generators that supply electricity to the grid. Although many practices exist for providing such compensation, confusion surrounds the terms often used to describe such practices (notably, net metering and net billing). To help clarify this …
The Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters is administered by the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), a trilateral institution established by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States as part of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC received 55 submissions from June 1995 …
Heat wave in the US, Europe As the us experiences a heat wave unprecedented in the past 57 years, its largest city New York has declared a state of emergency for the first time. Following weather department's predictions that the mercury level would shoot up to 43
The eu has agreed in a compromise that its six-year us $65 billion budget for scientific research will fund embryonic human stem-cell research, so long as it does not involve destruction of embryos. The decision avoided an all-out ban on embryonic research, for which some countries had been pushing. The …
The Environmental Protection Agency of the us has decided not to renew the registration of lindane, a highly toxic pesticide used to treat seeds of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and sorghum crops. In response, the manufacturers have agreed to cease sales in the us. Lindane is a chlorinated pesticide, …
Scientists in the US have discovered a protein in nerve cells that can act as a switch for chronic pain. The switch is called protein kinase G (PKG). This could lead to the development of a new class of drugs for blocking chronic pain. The researchers, from Columbia University Medical …
