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 …
the World Health Organisation (who) has raised concerns about the large-scale spread of the mad cow disease. "Our concern is that there was sufficient international trade in infected meat, bone meal and live cattle and consequently there has already been a worldwide exposure,' said Maura Ricketts of who 's animal …
participants at a recently concluded international conference on environment and health, severely criticised the state government for its poor performance in improving Bangalore's air quality. Organised by the Bangalore-based Karnataka Environment Research Foundation (kerf) and the Lakeside Education Trust, the conference concluded with suggestions to alleviate the city's respiratory health …
people who use mobile phones experience headaches more often than those who do not. Moreover, the headaches last longer if the call duration is high. These are the findings of a study conducted in Singapore to study the prevalence of the symptoms of specific central nervous system (cns) ailment among …
high levels of the cancer-causing dioxin have been found in European seafood. A new report of the European Union (eu) says that fish oil and fish meal have maximum level of dioxins and other toxins. The levels of contamination of seafood from the European regions are eight times higher than …
in what is termed as environmental racism, a consignment of 118 tonnes of used neuro-toxic mercury from the us is on its way to an undisclosed location in India. It is reported that a portion of the mercury has reached a purification centre in Albany, New York, from where it …
the Delhi government has once again proved that is not serious about implementing the Supreme Court's order of July 28, 1998. The order states that all Delhi Transport Corporation's (dtc) buses should be run on Compressed Natural Gas ( cng ) by March 2001. The number of cng buses should …
as long as it remained a hit-and-run campaign, the "clean city, green city' programme of Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation offended nobody. But a rural-urban conflict has arisen after a plant to handle solid waste from the state capital was set up at Vilappilsala in Vilappil Gram Panchayat (Vilappil village council). The …
According to tests announced recently by Britain's Consumers' Association, using a hands-free earpiece with a mobile phone may channel more microwave radiation into your head than holding the phone up to your ear. Earlier tests have found that hands-free kits cut the amount of radiation. But tests on five types …
Evidence is mounting that regular use of the drug Ecstasy may cause long-term brain changes. A team from the University College London, UK, has completed research that suggests that former ecstasy users may suffer memory impairment
the biotech industry in the us is receiving brickbats from all directions. Some key grain processors, such as A E Staley Manufacturing, which is the us corn processing unit of British commodity firm Tate & Lyle Public Limited Corporation, are discouraging farmers from growing genetically modified ( gm ) crops. …
The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among residents of Delhi to determine the role of ambient air pollution in chronic respiratory morbidity in Delhi. The authors selected a random, stratified sample (N = 4,171) of permanent residents who were 18+ y of age and who lived near 1 of the …
researchers have linked nitrate in drinking water with recurrent acute respiratory disorder in children. Research conducted by S K Gupta and colleagues at the Satellite Hospital, Bampark, Jaipur has found a relation between high intake of nitrates and symptoms of lung infection ( Environmental Health Perspectives , Vol 108, No …
A scrapyard in the southern Johor state of Malaysia was recently burnt by angry villagers. The villagers alleged that government officials had failed to take any action against Sun Enterprise, the scrapyard, that was found to be polluting the environment. They said the company had been burning their wastes in …
industries should work towards helping cancer patients as they are the one who are responsible for the rising cases of cancer amongst industrial workers. A decision to this effect was taken during a recently-held workshop organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry ( cii) in New Delhi. R S Pannu, …
the profit-driven polluting automobile industry, that fought the us Environmental Protection Agency's ( usepa ) efforts to implement strict air quality standards, got a snub recently when a re-evaluation of the studies
The petroleum industry in India has always resisted the use of ethanol as a blending stock in fuel, favouring methyl tertiary butyl ether ( mtbe), a known carcinogen. This time around the representatives of ethanol industry got together at the seminar
With ether-based oxygenates falling out of favour, ethanol is emerging as one of the most favoured options worldwide. According to H B Mathur, professor emeritus at the Delhi College of Engineering, petrol-ethanol blend can reduce carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions by up to 35-55 per cent. According to Saroj Misra …
to highlight the health hazards posed by environmental and occupational exposure to pollutants, the Lucknow- based Industrial Toxicology Research Centre ( itrc ) recently organised a five-day
