WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
Post Mayapuri radiation incident, all stake-holders including regulators, woke up to a stark reality. It cannot be business as usual. The mistaken notion of a few academics about the concept of
Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behaviour and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation. There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies. The reason …
An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration influences climate both directly through its radiative effect (i.e., trapping longwave radiation) and indirectly through its physiological effect (i.e., reducing transpiration of land plants). Here we compare the climate response to radiative and physiological effects of increased CO2 using the National Center …
Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behaviour and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation. There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies. The reason …
Raktima Bose Reduced from 1.6 km to 1 km No possibility of mass displacement of people Site selection for the project not yet complete Kolkata: Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said here on Saturday that the Department of Atomic Energy has decided to reduce the buffer zone for the …
Mumbai The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed radiation exposure limits for mobile phone towers but, according to crusaders against the alleged hazards from such towers, these would leave India
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) dismissed the claims of an international agency which claimed that the Mayapuri scrap market has high levels of radiation. In a statement, the AERB admitted there was some contamination in local spots but it could not pose any health detriment. Also the scrap dealers …
New Delhi: Their immunity might have been weakened by high-intensity Cobalt 60 exposure, but their spirits are still high. All set to go home, Deepak and Ajay Jain, the two scrap dealers who were battling for life at Army hospital till a month ago, now plan to take legal action …
NEW DELHI: In an effort to play down the recent finding of Greenpeace about high levels of radiation in the Mayapuri scrap market despite government agencies claiming decontamination of the area, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on Tuesday said that
Ian Sample Publication of a landmark study into mobile phones and brain cancer was delayed for years because scientists failed to agree on its findings and whether to issue a warning about excessive use of the devices, the Guardian has learned. The World Health Organisation's Interphone report was due to …
Mobile phone (cell phone) use is increasing extraordinarily rapidly worldwide. There are now 4.6 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide. In many low and middle-income countries use of cell phones has made communications possible in vast areas lacking cable connections. Increasingly, in high-income countries, cell phones have replaced
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Experts from the Department of Atomic Energy, assisted by Greenpeace activists, on Sunday carried out decontamination operations at the Mayapuri market in West Delhi following reports of the presence of high levels of radiation in the scrap there. This exercise follows a meeting of the experts …
The rapid increase in mobile telephone use has generated concern about possible health risks related to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from this technology. An interview-based case Original Source
Identifies 6 Hotspots Around Shop Where Irradiator Was Kept New Delhi: Radiation experts from an international NGO scanned the Mayapuri scrap market area on Friday and claimed that there was still dangerously high level of radioactive contamination in the area. According to the experts, there are six
Bindu Shajan Perappadan and Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The Mayapuri scrap market here is still a danger zone, with some hotspots registering radioactivity that is up to 5,000 times higher than normal, according to Greenpeace radiation experts. The scrap market has been the centre of a radioactive scare over the …
radiation scientists recovered pieces of radioactive material, Cobalt-60, from the Mayapuri scrap market in Delhi early April after eight persons complained of radiation sickness. The victims suffered burn-like injuries and extreme low blood count, and were hospitalized in intensive care. The Department of Atomic Energy (dae), which regulates entry of …
NEW DELHI: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board organised a radiation safety awareness programme for metal scrap dealers at Mayapuri here on Thursday. Sharing details of the operation carried out by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board experts to recover the Cobalt-60 pencils from the Mayapuri scrap market …
