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 …
Previous studies have shown associations between air pollution and risk for lung cancer. The authors investigated whether traffic and the concentration of nitrogen oxides (NOx) at the residence are associated with risk for lung cancer.
Projections of the incidence of cancer serve several purposes. These range from making investment decisions on cancer treatment facilities and planning manpower requirements, to formulation and evaluation of policies for control of cancer. Different statistical methods can be used for such projections. In recent years, these have been translated to …
New Delhi: Ongoing public protests in Muzaffarpur over an upcoming asbestos plant have forced the district administration to impose Section 144 near the facility, forcing stoppage of work and preventing protesters from gathering near the site. The use of asbestos, which is known to cause lung cancer and silicosis, is …
Poison in the air and love for the puff have made Calcutta the lung cancer capital of India. A study has revealed that in 2007 Calcutta had topped the metros in new lung cancer cases. The comparative study on lung cancer is part of the National Cancer Registry Programme conducted …
Srinagar: Smoking has taken its toll on the males in the Kashmir Valley with the highest number of lung cancer cases being reported in the state so far this year. Till October this year, 316 cases of lung cancer were registered at the Sher- e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). …
This report is the first comprehensive literature review to come out of HEI's Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) program. The review builds on an initial assessment conducted in 2004 and describes the current scope of the Asian literature on the health effects of outdoor air pollution, enumerating …
Kolontar (Hungary): Workers raced to build an emergency dam in western Hungary on Sunday as cracks in a reservoir widened, threatening to unleash a second torrent of toxic sludge on the village of Kolontar and nearby rivers. About one million cubic metres of the waste material leaked out of the …
Lung cancer accounts for a substantial proportion of cancer incidence and mortality throughout the world. Epidemiologic data suggest that Chinese women have a high incidence of lung cancer in relation to their smoking prevalence. In addition to active tobacco smoke exposure, other sources of fumes and airborne particles in the …
Aircraft emissions impact human health though degradation of air quality. The majority of previous analyses of air quality impacts from aviation have considered only landing and takeoff emissions. We show that aircraft cruise emissions impact human health over a hemispheric scale and provide the first estimate of premature mortalities attributable …
Kolkata is among the most polluted cities, ranked alongside Cairo and Delhi, a World Bank study reveals. This is notwithstanding the fact that more people are affected by pollution in Kolkata than in the other cities of India on account of the density of population. The World Bank report is …
London: Scientists have discovered what they claim is a common gene that raises the risk of developing lung cancer in non-smokers, a breakthrough which may pave the way for new targeted therapies for patients. Despite several attempts to identify the specific genetic mechanisms responsible, the causes of lung cancer in
It has been reported that cigarette smoking is a risk factor for bacterial pneumonia and other respiratory infections, and that smokers are more likely to harbor bacterial pathogens in their oral and nasopharyngeal cavities than nonsmokers. Effects of tobacco smoke and its constituents on immune function and mucociliary clearance have …
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified occupational exposure as a painter as being carcinogenic to humans based on a comprehensive review published in 1989. Guha et al. (p. 303) extend the previous review with a quantitative meta-analysis of occupation as a painter and lung cancer based on …
Early Detection, Better Drugs, Customized Therapy Ahead London: Scientists have identified all the changes in cells of two cancers to produce the first entire cancer gene maps, calling the findings a
Vienna: New studies have found direct evidence of a lung cancer risk from the presence of colorless, odorless radon gas in many homes, a United Nations committee said in a report. Officials on the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation said the finding provided the first quantifiable …
National Forum on Environment and Health (NFEH) has expressed grave concern over the fast degradation of environment in the country especially Karachi in the past 12 years which inflicted huge losses to the economy and posed threat to resources. In a "fact sheet on environment protection", issued here Friday on …
Throughout the world, as use of manufactured cigarettes has dropped, the tobacco industry has taken steps to diversify its product offerings with the overall goal of assuring a steady market of nicotine addicted people.
