Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Breathing polluted air may be doing more than simply harming your lungs, it could also be making you overweight. Rats that were left to breathe the smog which envelops Beijing for three weeks gained more weight than those who were given clean air, even though they were fed the same …
Adults with long-term exposure to ozone (O3) face an increased risk of dying from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, a study “Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality in a Large Prospective Study” published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine suggests. Using …
Everyone needs clean air to survive, yet somehow it is not an internationally recognized human right. That probably has something to do with the fact that over half of the world’s population live in areas where they breathe in toxic air. Altogether, that means there are more than 3.5 billion …
European lawmakers on Wednesday backed a compromise deal to reduce car emissions that will still allow vehicles to exceed official pollution limits, defying calls for more radical reform following Volkswagen's emissions-test cheating scandal. The vote, which narrowly rejected a proposal to block the compromise, had been scheduled for January, but …
For the fifth day in a row, air quality index (AQI) in the city remained in the `very poor' category as it again beat the national capital in pollution levels. According to real time data monitored by System for Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the recorded AQI on …
Bengaluru: The controversial pesticide endosulfan, widely used by Indian farmers, not only induces male infertility but also exerts damage on the liver and lungs, says a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru who have obtained conclusive evidence from animal studies. Sathees C. Raghavan, associate …
However, long-term study required to establish beedi as a causative factor Beedi, or hand-rolled tobacco, a known risk for cancers of the lung and oral cavity, could be a risk factor for gastric cancers as well, according to a study conducted by the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC). The study, ‘Gastric …
Nagpur: Chandrapur is one of the most polluted cities in the country and now this is causing respiratory ailments among the residents of the district. Data provided by the civil surgeon shows that every year over 10,000 people fall ill due to respiratory ailments. Hundreds are suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis …
More than a million people in England are living with a chronic lung disease linked to smoking, Public Health England (PHE) reported Tuesday. PHE says around 25,000 deaths each year are attributable to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), twice the European average. Around 86 percent of COPD deaths in England …
AIIMS has endorsed a concern raised by medical practitioners for months -increased air pollution in Delhi is affecting not just our lungs but almost every part of the body . In a joint statement on Tuesday , the hospital's top doctors said that most departments, including cardiology , ophthalmology , …
The Delhi government may be targeting private vehicles to check rising air pollution levels, but a study by IIT-Kanpur shows that cars and jeeps contribute less than 10% of particulate matter while trucks are bigger culprits. A big contributor to Delhi's air pollution is road dust that accounts for about …
E-cigarette users could be at risk of developing lung disease after scientists found a toxic chemical inside the majority of flavoured refill liquids that they tested. Diacetyl, a substance used in flavouring but which has been linked to cases of bronchiolitis obliterans (or "popcorn lung"), was found in more than …
On Sunday, thousands of people who participated in the half marathon had to run the 21-km stretch through a thick cover of smog. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Air Quality Index (AQI), most monitoring stations showed particulate matter (PM) levels hovering between poor and very poor levels …
LUCKNOW: Put off your evening walk plan if you have an ailment of lungs, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), warn experts. That's because change of season increases rate of air pollution drastically after Diwali. Addressing reporters on the eve of World COPD awareness day here on Tuesday, pulmonologist Dr …
Mumbai: Young Mumbaikars are so badly hit by rising pollution levels that they have weak lungs, says a new study. The study, presented at the recent national conference of chest specialists in Jaipur, tested lungs — the capacity and speed of breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide — …
Stormy weather is expected over the next two days, with strong winds, rain and dust storms, according to the Meteo-tech meteorological service. The south of the country began experiencing the stormy weather on Tuesday night and it is expected to extend to the rest of the country overnight. Much of …
The UK government’s opposition to binding cuts in pollution from farms could lead to 3,000 more deaths in the UK, according to research cited by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. An advisory paper sent to MEPs by the UK’s environment department and seen by the Guardian, recommends voting down proposals in …
According to the DPCC, the reduced pollution level was due to lower car usage, which in turn reduced traffic on the roads. The Delhi government and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday said the car-free zone in the capital witnessed a significant drop in suspended particulate matter levels. …
About 80 percent of China's 367 cities with real-time air quality monitoring capabilities failed to reach national standards on small-particle pollution in the first three quarters of the year, a report by the global environmental organization Greenpeace said on Thursday. Even so, most of the cities have reduced the concentration …
Stung by a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report that said the probability of people dying prematurely of leading non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was the highest in India among all SAARC nations, the government has decided to work on lowering the cost of anti-cancer drugs and cardiovascular stents. Health Ministry sources …
