Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
An in vivo experiment was conducted to study the potential prebiotic effects of mushroom and herb polysaccharide extracts, Lentinus edodes extract (LenE), Tremella fuciformis extract, and Astragalus membranaceus Radix extract, on chicken growth and the cecal microbial ecosystem, as compared with the antibiotic Apramycin (APR). This investigation was carried out …
a us study shows that one should not be sceptical about efforts to clean up pollution. It proves that tough regulations to control mercury emissions almost immediately remove the toxic pollutant from the environment. The findings offer compelling evidence that regulators can swiftly address public health problems associated with mercury, …
Scotland Schools, Fast Food Fast food advertising in vending machines in schools have been banned in Scotland. The move has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against child obesity. From this point of view, the ban is timely: among the age group 16-24 in Britain, 32 per cent …
Twenty years ago around half a million people were exposed to toxic chemicals during a catastrophic gas leak from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. More than 7,000 people died within days. A further 15,000 died in the following years. Around 100,000 people are suffering chronic and debilitating illnesses for …
More than 7,000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gases leaked from a chemical plant in Bhopal, India in December 1984. Since then, exposure to the toxins has resulted in the deaths of a further 15,000 people as well as chronic and debilitating illnesses for thousands of …
More than 7,000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gases leaked from a chemical plant in Bhopal, India in December 1984. Since then, exposure to the toxins has resulted in the deaths of a further 15,000 people as well as chronic and debilitating illnesses for thousands of …
Kicking the soft drink habit is a critical step for achieving lasting health and weight loss. Avoiding soft drinks can literally transform the health and cause to lose weight, reverse symptoms of diabetes, enhance bone density, support healthy brain function and even protect the body's nervous system. Until now, however, …
function openfact(){ var popurl="image/20031231/60.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=350,height=450,scrollbars=yes") } Click here to view the graph • The consumption of caloric sweeteners (sugar, maple syrup, corn syrup, sorghum) in the world has increased by 74 kilo calories per day since 1962. The increase is more in the lower and the middle-income countries as compared …
the strong case against endosulfan just got stronger. Environmental Health Perspectives (ehp), a peer-reviewed scientific journal of international repute, has published the Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Occupational Health's (nioh) damning research on the organochlorine pesticide in its December 2003 issue. Not only does this vindicate nioh, fresh doubts have also …
ralph Mills first knew something was wrong with his brain when he lost track of his own garden. As a truck driver, he had navigated his way across Europe; suddenly his own house was a big maze. Baffled, he visited a doctor, and within an hour was hospitalised; a brain …
Smoke from indoor cooking fires kills one person every 20 seconds in the developing world. This is the finding of a survey conducted recently by the Intermediate Technology Development Group (itdg), a uk-based campaign organisation. The survey shows that indoor air pollution is the fourth largest cause of deaths and …
As the Bhopal tragedy enters its twentieth year, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has identified the country's newest disease: the Bhopal Gas Disease. Down To Earth has exclusive access to an unpublished ICMR document which defines the disease as "a condition of ill-health due to exposure to Bhopal's …
Asha, 24, visits the Bhopal Memorial Trust Hospital once every 2 days. She has a hole in her heart. But the hospital won't operate her, because she has overshot the hospital quota of Rs two lakh per victim. She cannot get herself operated privately. "I have spent the compensation of …
Is it memory that keeps Bhopal alive in our conscience? In 1984, I, Richard, was in class nine. My colleague, Surya, was in class two. Twenty years later, we were on our way to Bhopal, for a 20th
Forty year old Ganga stays in a slum close to the derelict Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant in Bhopal. She came to the city long after the gas leak. But Ganga shows symptoms associated with victims of the leak, nevertheless
Bhopal is the name of the place where, once upon a time, a vast plume of poison burst upon 5,20,000 people. But that happened 20 years ago. Now Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A …
It is well established that exposure to pesticides can result in cancer, liver damage and nervous disorders. Now, researchers have zeroed down on another harmful effect of the toxic chemicals. Scientists from the us-based Emory University School of Medicine have found that several commonly used pesticides are toxic to the …
a study by researchers from the us-based University of California and Mayo Clinic has left many doctors flabbergasted. It shows for the first time that exposure to diesel particulate matter alone is enough to induce an asthma attack. "The findings are significant, as earlier studies have consistently shown that the …
