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 …
The government on Thursday said that more than 35,000 people had died due to acute respiratory infections (ARI) across India in close to 10 years. The Union environment ministry had in the past maintained that there was no “conclusive evidence” that links air pollution to respiratory diseases. Sharing details of …
Union environment ministry, which generally avoids sharing details of air pollution-linked deaths, made an exception on Thursday when it said in Parliament that more than 35,000 people had died due to acute respiratory infections (ARI) across India in close to 10 years. More than 2.6 crore cases were reported every …
The total number of households covered in the survey was 1,452 and the findings represent the overall situation of slum conditions in Mumbai, says the paper. A huge 89.6 per cent of people living in slums die of respiratory diseases followed by digestive problems (41.6 per cent) and aches and …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on respiratory diseases due to air pollution, 06/08/2015. Air Pollution in general causes respiratory ailments and also may affect lung function. Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, chronic bronchitis etc. are the diseases caused by exposure to increasing air pollution. Air pollution is known to be …
Swedish researchers have uncovered a direct link between polluted air and dementia. People who live in homes exposed more heavily to pollution run a 40 percent greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia than those who live in areas with cleaner air, a study at Umea University says. …
Doctors Should Avoid Prescribing Them As They Create Resistance To Condition Use of antibiotics to treat acne can have serious consequences, new research suggests. In India, dermatologists often prescribe antibiotics of all sorts to treat skin diseases. High-end antibiotics like azithromycin (normally used to treat sore throat and respiratory infections) …
An Accident and Emergency department in Manchester has been shut down following two suspected cases of Mers-CoV (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus). The NHS confirmed the A&E; department at the Manchester Royal Infirmary has been closed in a statement, saying medical officers are currently examining two patients suspected of having …
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis have developed high sensitivity to variations in climatic conditions and particulate matter of less than 10 micrometers in size (PM10) present in the city air. A new survey has found that 41.7% people suffer from some kind of allergy due to climate change and nitrates, sulfates, organic chemicals …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the Union transport ministry to submit its views on what is contributing to air pollution in Delhi. Reacting to the Centre's previous affidavits which stated that transport isn't the major contributor to poor air quality, the NGT bench headed by chairperson Justice …
All but two of London’s boroughs are exceeding EU limits for a toxic gas linked to respiratory problems, ministers have admitted. Bromley and Sutton were the only two boroughs to meet the annual mean limit for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in 2013, the latest year for which data is available. NO2 …
Hong Kong was shrouded in higher-than-normal pollution yesterday as "very high" levels were recorded across some of the busiest areas of the city. Areas such as Central and Western District, Causeway Bay, Mong Kok and Kwun Tong recorded "very high" levels of 10 at intervals throughout the day. The Environment …
In May 2014, a traveler from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the first person identified with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States. To evaluate transmission risk, we determined the type, duration, and frequency of patient contact among health care personnel (HCP), household, and community …
Traditional approaches for development of antibodies are poorly suited to combating the emergence of novel pathogens, as they require multiple steps of laborious optimization and process adaptation for clinical development. Here, we describe the simultaneous use of two state-of-the-art technologies to rapidly generate and validate antibodies against Middle East Respiratory …
According to Central Pollution Control Board trends, air quality in Vijayawada is worse than in Vizag and Hyderabad According to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the deaths due to lung diseases in India were on the rise accounting for 11 per cent of the total deaths. As …
Lung reactions to exposure to dust, gases, and fumes at work places have been studied in different populations. The emission level of pollutants that emit particulate matter less than 10 micrometers in size (PM 10) has been found very high in Ahmedabad. Hence, petrol pump workers in Ahmedabad are likely …
Delhi’s appalling pollution has prompted fears that millions of youngsters will suffer serious health problems later in life The dusty patch of ground in the centre of the narrow lanes and overcrowded tenements of Anand Vihar Colony is empty. No children play cricket, wrestle or run. Even when evening comes …
According to this research published in the journal The Lancet, climate change poses a potentially “catastrophic risk” to public health due to increased risk of the spread of disease, food insecurity and air pollution among many other things. The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been formed …
PARIS: The blue, clear skies this summer in Paris hardly indicate it has an air pollution problem. But the top agenda for the Paris municipality— Marie De Paris—is dealing with tiny, respirable pollution particles or PM 2.5 that can get lodged in the lungs or enter the bloodstream of residents. …
EU regulators are referring Belgium and Bulgaria to the bloc's top court over the quality of their air, which poses a major risk to health, the European Commission said on Thursday. It has also issued a final warning to Sweden that it needs to take action. Commission data shows about …
First reported in September, 2012, human infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) can result in severe respiratory disease, characterised by life-threatening pneumonia and renal failure. Countries with primary infections of MERS-CoV are located in the Middle East, but cases have been occasionally exported in other countries (fi gure). …
