Report by the Central Groundwater Authority in the matter of Suo Moto arsenic found in groundwater in 25 states dated November 18, 2024. When the matter was listed before the NGT, August 7, 2024, wherein CGWA stated that the reports from seven states/UTs namely Maharashtra, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Tripura, Gujarat, Odisha …
Residents of New Town Rajarhat will organise a convention on 2 July to protest against unplanned planning of Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) that has led to acute drinking water crisis in the area. Most of the tube-wells in vast areas surrounding the New Town, including Baguiati, Raghunathpur and …
Residents of New Town Rajarhat will organise a convention on 2 July to protest against unplanned planning of Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) that has led to acute drinking water crisis in the area. Most of the tube-wells in vast areas surrounding the New Town, including Baguiati, Raghunathpur and …
The residents of Jaffna and its vicinities could be adversely impacted due to the high volumes of pesticides and fertilisers used by the agricultural sector in the area, the Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS) warned. IFS Researcher Dr. Meththika Vithanage speaking to Daily Mirror yesterday said various chemical compounds contained …
IT WAS in 2001 that scientists in the US first identified the capability of brake fern, or Pteris vittata, to absorb large quantities of arsenic present in the soil or water. Since then biologists across the world have been trying to explore more about the role plant plays in absorbing …
Speakers at a daylong workshop in Rajshahi on Monday revealed that around three crore people remained vulnerable to arsenic in 54 districts of the country. In this context, they emphasized the need for creating mass awareness among the vulnerable areas so that the people could play a vital role in …
The Health Ministry Food Control Department yesterday warned fruit traders against using Carbide gas for accelerated ripening of fruits, stating that the Health Ministry will take stern action against those found involved in producing and selling such inedible or contaminated fruits. Calcium Carbide is widely used by traders in spite …
Bioremediation is an invaluable tool box for wider application in the realm of environmental protection. Bioremediation approach is currently applied to contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediments including air. These technologies have become attractive alternatives to conventional cleanup technologies due to relatively low capital costs and their …
The Punjab government on Tuesday informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that Rs42 million had been transferred to the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) for installation of 150 filtration plants on tubewells in the city. Additional advocate-general Muhammad Hanif Khatana appeared before chief justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who was hearing …
Samples of sub-soil water collected from Sehwan and adjoining areas have been found unfit for human consumption. People here have been consuming the sub-soil water for drinking purpose. A team of water experts led by Dr Mohammad Saleem Memon, project director, water testing and surveillance laboratory, Liaquat University of Medical …
The purpose of this review is to evaluate the impact of recent epidemiologic literature on the National Research Council (NRC) assessment of the lung and bladder cancer risks from ingesting low concentrations (< 100 µg/L) of arsenic-contaminated water. PubMed was searched for epidemiologic studies pertinent to the lung and bladder …
Purbasthali: A Rs 40-crore government scheme to provide purified drinking water to an arsenic-prone zone in Burdwan has been held up for the past six months because of delay in getting power connection. Officials of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) said a portion of the high-tension …
A safe drinking water plant was inaugurated on Tuesday at Dighalkandi village at Daulatpur in Kushtia. Launched at the initiative of British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh, the plant aims at providing safe drinking water in arsenic prone areas. The company recently launched PROBAHO, Bangla to implement the project. Bazlul Haq …
Quantification of natural groundwater recharge is a basic prerequisite for efficient groundwater resource management and is particularly vital in an area where shallow groundwater is mostly polluted with highly toxic elements. It is especially critical where large and concentrated demand for groundwater supplies exist such as in urban areas, industrial …
Until the 1940s, the irrigation and drinking water needs of India were met by rivers, ponds, lakes, dugwells, and rainwater sources. However, in the middle of the 20th century India continually faced two daunting challenges: providing food for an ever-growing population and decreasing the burden of highly prevalent water-borne diseases, …
BIOLOGISTS have identified genes in plants that control arsenic accumulation. The discovery promises to prevent the heavy metal from entering the food web and also clean contaminated sites through bioengineered plants. Scientists had been looking for the genes for 25 years. “Identifying them is a crucial step in keeping arsenic …
Scientists claim to have discovered a strain of bacteria that seems to be able to grow on arsenic, a well-known poison. SCIENTISTS have always believed that phosphorus is essential to life. But a recent finding, which was reported in Science Express, the early online version of the reputed journal Science, …
Hyderabad, Dec. 3: The discovery of a new species of bacterium that eats away the highly poisonous arsenic from the soil can solve the problem of arsenic poisoning in pollution hotspots, including Patancheru in the city. On Wednesday, Nasa had announced that the new bacterium not only survives on arsenic …
This new report released by Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland highlights the top six toxic threats to global health.It ranks pollutants according to the number of people estimated to be at risk from each toxin and describes their physical nature, industries that typically cause their release, common human exposure …
