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. …
abundant bacteria: Scientists say soil contains 100 times more bacteria species than believed. Previous studies estimated a gramme of unpolluted soil contained about 10,000 bacteria species. But a fresh analysis of soil data by researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the US, suggests the actual number …
gases produced by ruminating dairy cattle have brought trouble for dairy owners in San Joaquin Valley, California, the us. Around 400-500 of the 1,500 valley dairies will now have to obtain air-operating permits, mandatory for all agricultural operations emitting over 25,000 pounds of volatile organic compounds (vocs) annually. Dairies have …
the us has rejected key clauses of a un declaration on debt, trade, human rights, global security and terrorism, to be signed by heads of state at the Millenium+5 summit, a pivotal un conference to be held in New York on September 14-16, 2005. It has proposed over 400 last …
Over 90 per cent of us residents carry a cocktail of pesticides in them, according to the Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals released by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc) on July 21, 2005. The cdc bio-monitoring program tested the blood and urine of …
an international team of scientists has devised a model to better predict cloud and rain formation. An improved understanding of clouds is vital to quantify rainfall in short-range weather forecasts. Incidentally, none of the rain forecast models the world over could accurately predict the deluge that flooded Mumbai on July …
hurricanes and typhoons are growing fiercer and last longer due to global warming, claims a us study that found a striking correlation between the destructive potential of storm winds and sea surface temperatures. The potential wind-caused damage has roughly doubled over the past 30 years, says Kerry Emanuel, professor of …
the American Beverage Association (aba), a trade body, has decided to ban the sale of soft drinks in elementary and middle schools of the us. aba recently said its members will only stock bottled water and 100 per cent juice in elementary schools and will provide "only nutritious and/or lower …
India is facing stiff competition from Pakistan, Thailand and even USA for the long-grain basmati-type rices but we may have monopoly in small and medium-grained scented rices like kalanamak. Since most of the high quality scented rices in international market are long grained, small grained high quality scented rice like …
the National Environmental Policy Act, 1969 was the legislative basis for environment impact assessment (eia) in the us. That country realised, in the 1960s, that major environmental problems could also be created by what government did. This legislation required that all federal agencies would consider the consequences of their actions. …
us engine manufacturers will have to ensure that all heavy-duty trucks operating in California have computer systems to diagnose and warn drivers of emission problems. This first regulation of its kind in the country was issued by California Air Resources Board (carb) on July 21, 2005. carb said the us …
Harvest order: The Supreme Court recently issued notices to the Union and the state governments, urging them to conserve rainwater. The move came in response to a petition filed by Tap-Rejuvenate Earth's Ecology and Environment, a non-governmental organisation. The petition sought rooftop rainwater harvesting structures over 200 square metres in …
scientists in the us have unravelled the genetic structure of one of the strongest silks that spiders produce. The discovery could help make super spider-silk products with a wide range of defence, industrial and medical applications. University of California, Riverside professor Cheryl Hayashi and her postdoctoral student Jessica Garb studied …
the human body never ceases to amaze scientists. The latest admirers are biomedical engineers who have unveiled the body's ability to grow healthy new bones in one part, which can then be used to repair damaged bone at a different location. The research has shown that predictable volumes of bone …
