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 …
MUMBAI: Proximity to the Bandra Kurla Complex has led to a construction boom in Kurla, but at the cost of the health of residents of the area. A study conducted by civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel has found the respiratory morbidity is three times higher than medically acceptable levels among …
Asaniye is a small village on the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, surrounded by thick forests of the Western Ghats. Residents here fear lifestyle change and loss of green cover once iron ore mining operations begin. In 2007, the Maharashtra government leased 437 hectares in the village in Sawantwadi tehsil to …
As the Icelandic volcano continues to spew ash across much of Europe, questions are circulating about whether the fine airborne particles of rock and glass pose health or environmental risks. The consensus of The World Health Organization and British health groups is that, so far, the potential risks are minimal …
New Delhi: The plastic scrap market in Mundka which caught fire early morning on Sunday was a big dumping ground for electronic waste items. Several tonnes of hazardous e-waste
The Central Pollution Control Board website claims that an ac tion plan for monitoring and controlling emissions was prepared and many of its provisions were implemented as early as 2003. Yet, the RSPM levels in Chennai have not gone down, ac cording to the data provided by the pollution board. …
Automobile workers are at high risk for lung, urinary tract, brain and skin cancers due to their direct exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and lead (Pb) toxicity. The current study was aimed to assess the effect of automobile workshop environment on health of auto mechanics in N. W. F. …
There is little information on validated health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments for use in Indian patients with bronchial asthma. We attempted to validate the Hindi translation of Juniper
Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. In this study, we used size fractionated PM samples (3?7, 1.5?3, 0.95?1.5, 0.5?0.95, and <0.5 ?m), collected at four contrasting locations (three urban sites, one remote background) in the UK with a Sierra-Andersen …
Around 50,000 people in the UK die prematurely each year as result of air pollution, a new report claims. The House of Commons environmental audit committee says that air pollution is knocking up to nine years off the lives of people who live in pollution hotspots or have a respiratory …
New Delhi, March 9: The rise in annoying traffic jams across the city has a silver lining. The sharp rise in number of vehicles is a result of an increase in per capita income in the city, a rise of over Rs 8,000 a year. However, Delhi also reported a …
Contrary to the guidelines for the control of tuberculosis by the World Health Organisation in relation to air travel, a recent study published in the medical journal, The Lancet, has reported there is little risk of tuberculosis transmission through air travel. According to The Lancet, the resources used in tracing …
It has been reported that cigarette smoking is a risk factor for bacterial pneumonia and other respiratory infections, and that smokers are more likely to harbor bacterial pathogens in their oral and nasopharyngeal cavities than nonsmokers. Effects of tobacco smoke and its constituents on immune function and mucociliary clearance have …
Every morning and evening, millions of women in India spend an hour or two cooking their rice, dal, curry, and roti or other flat bread. Most will prepare their meals over a smoky, 3-stone open fire or a traditional clay or brick cook stove called a chulha. The stoves burn …
The H1N1 flu virus is spreading most actively in North Africa, South Asia and parts of Europe, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. Raising its official global death toll from the pandemic to nearly 14,000, the WHO also said that while India
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) including spirometry give an important clue in terms of respiratory chronic airway disorders and can predict early damage to pulmonary system. The present study was carried out in 100 diesel taxi drivers (Study group) of Bikaner city and compared it with 100 healthy medicos (control group) …
Air pollution levels in the erstwhile Manchester of the East, Kanpur is on the rise, says an analysis of recent air quality data by New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment. Full text of the CSE Press Release available at http://www.cseindia.org/AboutUs/press_releases/press-20091217.htm
Air pollution levels in the erstwhile Manchester of the East, Kanpur is on the rise, says an analysis of recent air quality data by New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment. Full text of the CSE Press Release available at http://www.cseindia.org/AboutUs/press_releases/press-20091217.htm
Efforts to reduce air pollution in Kanpur are in danger of being wasted, as pollution levels are once again creeping up in the city: says a latest analysis of recent air quality data done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation.
Calcutta began the week as a polluted city but will end it as a critically polluted city. The new standards for air quality announced by the environment ministry on Wednesday have pushed Calcutta firmly into the hall of shame, with the toxic count of at least two major pollutants being …
