Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day is projected to occur on September 5th. Each country has its own Plastic Overshoot Day, which is determined by …
emission of methane from polluted wetlands exceeds that from non-polluted wetlands by as much as two or three times. According to a study conducted by scientists of the Centre for Water Resources and Ocean Management, Anna University, and the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, waste from urban areas and industrial …
Just how does one deal with the emerging problem of pollution which is going to affect millions of people in a big way, in which a large number of polluters are involved, and about which, in scientific terms, very little is known? These situations are now commonplace across the world …
ACCORDING to a survey in Australia, opinion is divided among businessmen about the hardline stance of Prime Minister John Howard on greenhouse gas emissions. The survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors surveyed company directors of various business firms. They were asked whether greenhouse reduction targets should be …
• The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has prosecuted 142 people after holding them responsible for mosquito breeding in different parts of the city. Cases have been registered against them for disobeying Government orders under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. • The minister of state for health and …
A recent study has confirmed the link between pollution and heart attacks. Researchers at St George's Hospital Medical School, London, say one in 50 heart attacks reported at hospitals in London may be caused by outdoor pollution. Nearly 6,000 heart attacks can be avoided every year in the UK if …
according to a study conducted by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, many cities in Rajasthan including the state capital, Jaipur are facing severe noise pollution. Even the
with the death of Carl Sagan, a philosopher-astronomer, in December 1996, the world has lost a great person who popularised science. The impact that Sagan had on the us and on the rest of the world is evident from the fact that his book Cosmos is an all-time bestseller. In …
up to three per cent of worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide, the major global warming gas, could be emanating from the natural fires that are rampaging through coalfields in northern China. The situation is so serious that the Chinese government has called in Dutch scientists to help it put them …
cola giant , Pepsi, has been accused of flouting environmental laws by undertaking commercial produc-tion at Jhagadia Industrial Estate and discharging
travancore Titanium Products ( ttp ) Ltd, long embroiled in a tussle with the Kerala State Pollution Control Board ( kspcb ), may face closure with the State Water Appellate Authority dismissing two of its appeals. The appeals were submitted by ttf with regard to a case on pollution of …
come November and the surroundings of Sabarimala, the hill shrine situated in the southern part of the Periyar tiger reserve in Kerala, take a beating. The annual influx of over two crore pilgrims during the makaravilakku season (November to January) inflicts heavy biotic pressure and widespread environmental damage. According to …
SAXENA's study was conducted over three years under the supervision of top medical practitioners in obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive biology and forensic medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( aiims ). The additional director of the Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, Delhi, was one of the …
• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly toxic chemicals whose production and use has been banned all over the world. • PCBs are heat resistant, but when they burn at high temperatures they produce one of the most lethal toxins. • PCBs degrade very slowly in the environment, polluting it for …
Mixtures of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were manufactured for commercial purposes from 1929 onwards. They were chiefly used as coolants and insulation fluids in transformers and capacitors, and as lubricants and fire retardants. Most PCBs do not easily react to other chemicals and are heat-resistant. There are some 180 commonly known …
PCBs have polluted rivers and the Great Lakes of the US mid-west. Studies conducted on the Mississippi, the Ohio rivers, and the Fox have found PCBs associated with the sediments and the organic content in the water. PCBs were most concentrated in fish in the Mississippi near Pepin (Wisconsin) and …
Manufacture, use and disposal of PCBs was restricted in many countries in the 1970s. Japan banned production in 1972, Canada in 1977. The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) restricted their use in February 1973, and phased them out by end-1988. The OECD set the maximum permissible levels of …
The poisoned hearth A study established that PCBs were posing a threat to human health in Delhi . A DOCTORATE study submitted by Satya Prakash Saxena to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( aiims) 12 years ago presented evidence that highly toxic polychlorinated biphenyls ( pcbs) are present …
the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has finished work on the first part of the zoning atlas that classifies areas according to their ability to house particular industries. The first effort of its kind in India, the atlas currently covers 17 districts spread across 12 states. The Zoning Atlas for …
