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. …
Canada seems to have settled scores with the us by restricting imports of mop top virus-infected American potatoes. In 2000-2001, the us had imposed a ban on potatoes from Canada's Prince Edward Island after some were found to have potato warts. The Canadian officials are taking a series of measures …
Prescription drug Prempro, used to treat menopausal symptoms, is under the scanner in the US following a government study that has linked it to other health problems. Class action suits have been brought against the drug's maker, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Company spokesperson Natalie de Vane, however, claims the charges are baseless. …
It would seem as if long-sleeved apparel were back in vogue in the us. But protection, not fashion, has forced people to cover themselves up. For, the West Nile virus has reared its head again in the country
the un Environment Programme (unep) needs to revamp its publicity department so that it can report with accuracy. With the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) at Johannesburg barely a few weeks away, it chose to release the preliminary study on the Asian haze, which it claims to have sponsored. …
Diamond is still the hardest material known to us but now there is a close race for the second position. Researchers from the US-based Los Alamos National Laboratory have claimed that boron suboxide and not cubic boron nitride is the second hardest material. Boron suboxide is a compound of boron …
The us administration's move to withhold a tranche of us $34 million meant for the United Nations Population Fund (unfpa) may be music to the ears of the right wing anti-abortion activists. But it is not in tune with the country's own stated stand. For, not only has the Bush …
Emil Salim, chair of the global preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) and former Indonesian environment minister has urged India's Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to lead the delegation of the developing world in Johannesburg. He has, meanwhile, exhorted countries not to bow to the internal …
A sacked employee of Norwegian Cruise Line Limited (ncll) has taken the wind out of the company's sails by turning whistle-blower. A tip-off from the ex-worker has led the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) to crack the whip on ncll for dumping oily waste into the ocean and maintaining false …
us President George Bush's failure to adopt a comprehensive policy to curb global warming has drawn flak from 11 us attorneys general. They have lashed out against Bush for not effectively addressing the issue of global warming and urged the President to rethink his decision of not signing the Kyoto …
In a strange twist to the raging lumber dispute between the us and Canada, both nations have interpreted a recent World Trade Organisation (wto) ruling on the issue as a vindication of their respective stands. While the us contends that it has scored a "technical point', Canada says the body …
our planet has been getting a little bulky around the equator since 1998. The intriguing observation has been made by Christopher Cox from the Maryland-based technology company Raytheon, and Benjamin Chao from us National Aeronautical and Space Administration. The researchers analysed observations made by nine satellites and found that Earth's …
In a major blow to the us biotech industry, the European parliament recently approved one of the world’s most stringent regulations on labelling of genetically modified organisms (gmo). The parliament has also decided to retain the ongoing moratorium on the import of numerous gm products till the regulation comes into …
The political debate over nuclear waste disposal in Nevada's Yucca Mountain in the us took a new turn with the senate giving its final approval to dump 77,000 tonnes of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel 100 kilometres northwest of Las Vegas. The move cleared the decks for the Nuclear …
peruvian farmers and indigenous peoples' organisations are up in arms against two us patents on maca ( Lepidium meyenii ), a plant related to the mustard family, cultivated for centuries in the Puna highlands of Peru. Maca is a staple food crop of Peru and is widely marketed in the …
parasite infection combined with a weakened immune system caused by pesticide exposure are causing deformities in frogs in the us state of Pennsylvania, indicates a recent research. The research, jointly administered by Virginia-based National Science Foundation (nsf) and Maryland-based National Institutes of Health (nih), includes the first experimental studies of …
AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON CLIMATE CHANGE Conducted by Zogby International . New York . June 14-19 Last year, the US rejected the Kyoto protocol on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. As former US President George Bush declared at the Rio Conference, "The lifestyle of the American people cannot …
chocolates even tempted our 2,600 year-old ancestors. Testimony to this are cocoa residues found in ancient ceramic vessels discovered from the town of Colha in Central America. Using a new, ultra-sensitive technique to analyse the residues, W Jeffrey Hurst and his colleagues from the Pennsylvania-based chocolate company Herschey, have found …
> Food is more than what lies on your plate. It"s someone"s labour. It"s someone"s export to meet your off-season demand. It"s what keeps the pesticide machinery well-oiled. It"s the wish for many. > Way back in 1970, the US spent about US$6 billion on fast food; in 2000 it …
Trade a new thermometer for an old one. This is the message that a bill approved by the US senate seeks to give. While it bans mercury thermometers, it has provided US $20 million for the exchange programme. There is one gramme of mercury in a traditional fever-measuring device. However, …
