Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion SUO MOTU based on the news item in The New Indian Express, Chennai Edition dt: 17.12.2024, titled “Kerala’s Medical waste dumped in Nellai Villages” Vs The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil …
The number of cancer patients is rising every year, with most people unaware of the disease and even those, who know about the disease, opting for treatment only during advanced stages. In Nepal, the number of cancer patients has been increasing by more than 2,000 each year for the past …
The globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists. It predicts the number of cancer cases will reach 24 million a year by 2035, but half could be prevented. The WHO said there was now …
The proportion of Indian men who smoke every day has fallen from a third to a little over a fifth over the last three decades, but the percentage of women smokers has remained largely unchanged. Given the country’s population, this means in absolute numbers India has more women smokers than …
Between 350,000 and 500,000 Chinese die prematurely each year because of the country's disastrous air pollution, says China's former health minister Buildings are shrouded in smog in China. Heavy smog has been lingering in northern and eastern parts of China since last week, disturbing the traffic, worsening air pollution and …
A recent study undertaken by students of CEPT University, that monitored the ambient air quality of Ahmedabad at 32 locations, shows that at least 15 areas in the city, including its own campus, have suspended particulate matter beyond permissible limits. Other areas - Nava Vadaj, Kankaria Zoo, Viratnagar, Odhav GIDC, …
Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors as smog enveloped China’s commercial hub, sending levels of the worst pollutants surging to more than 15 times World Health Organization guidelines. The level of PM2.5 pollutants climbed since around midnight, reaching 382.1 micrograms per cubic meter at 11 a.m., the …
Release of dioxin in the air through burning of municipal waste, hospital waste and automobile emission is the major cause behind the spread of cancer in the state. A city-based environmental activist, Aashim Chatterjee, said the number of cases is on the rise due to lack of proper legislation, limited …
People of as many as 18 districts of Assam are prone to several water–borne diseases following a fact that arsenic in ground–water of these districts is found beyond permissible limit (0.05 mg/litre as per WHO norms). The Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department of Assam in a latest official communiqué submitted …
After Delhi and Pune, now it is the turn of Mumbai to get its own model to predict the quality of air. System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) scientists will soon install air quality monitoring stations in Mumbai for Rs 15 crore. "In the light of the recent …
China's residents' health at risk as air pollution levels in the city of Harbin reach off-the-chart levels Cityscapes shrouded in thick smog have become a common scene in China. Last winter, Beijing's 'airpocalypse' garnered headlines worldwide and generated much anger and debate within China. But this week, air pollution levels …
The most polluted city among the metros being crowned the country’s lung cancer capital is no coincidence, but Calcutta failed — or rather refused — to see it coming. This “congenitally dust-prone” city has done little over the years to lower air pollution from multiple sources, mainly automobile exhaust. Metro …
The air we breathe is laced with cancer-causing substances and is being officially classified as carcinogenic to humans, the World Health Organization's cancer agency said on Thursday. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cited data indicating that in 2010, 223,000 deaths from lung cancer worldwide resulted from air …
“We consider this to be the most important environmental carcinogen, more so than passive smoking.” The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised agency of the World Health Organisation, on Thursday announced that it had classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans. This is the first time …
The World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on Thursday declared air pollution as carcinogenic — a major cause for cancer among humans. The IARC added air pollution to Group 1 carcinogenic — the same category under which tobacco, UV radiation and plutonium come. Air pollution …
The specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), announced today that it has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). After thoroughly reviewing the latest available scientific literature, the world’s leading experts convened by the IARC Monographs Programme …
“We consider this to be the most important environmental carcinogen, more so than passive smoking.” What many commuters choking on smog have long suspected has finally been scientifically validated -- air pollution causes lung cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer declared on Thursday that air pollution is a …
The air we breathe is laced with cancer-causing substances and should now be classified as carcinogenic to humans, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) cancer agency said on Thursday. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cited data indicating that in 2010, 223,000 deaths from lung cancer worldwide resulted from …
Cancer costs countries in the European Union 126bn euro (£107bn) a year, according to the first EU-wide analysis of the economic impact of the disease. The charity Cancer Research UK said it was a "huge burden". The figures, published in the Lancet Oncology, included the cost of drugs and health …
Emissions from motor vehicles, industrial processes, power generation, the household combustion of solid fuel, and other sources pollute the ambient air across the globe. The precise chemical and physical features of ambient air pollution, which comprises a myriad of individual chemical constituents, vary around the world due to differences in …
Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the air in Indian cities' by the Centre for …
