Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The workers engaged in storage grain handling are exposed to storage grain dust and suffering from different respiratory problems. In the present study the respiratory function status of the load handling workers (LHW) of grain storage godowns are evaluated by detail static and dynamic pulmonary function tests (PFT).
Particulate matter less than PM10 and aromatic chemicals formed during incomplete combustion of organic matter are major environmental pollutants because of their toxic potential. The present study reports on the respiratory morbidity pattern of people exposed to auto exhaust as a result of the traffic load consisting of three varieties …
A recent study into the health effects of dust after the collapse of the World Trade Centre has linked the tragedy to a fatal lung disease. The study that came out on May 7 found that a rare type of lung-scarring condition was contracted at a higher rate amongst rescue …
traffic fumes decrease lung function among children and make the organs vulnerable to irreversible long-term damage, a new study has found. The study published in The Lancet (Vol 369) links local traffic fumes to lung development deficits. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California …
using bio-fuel for cooking could lead to cardiovascular diseases and cancer, says a research team from Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata. The team found that biomass smoke causes the activation of neutrophils and monocytes (white blood cells) and platelets. Platelets are blood cells that help in blood coagulation. These clump …
nagaland's forest department has undertaken a new scheme to increase the state's forest cover. Under the programme, forest officials are to gift villagers gas stoves and liquified petroleum gas (lpg) cylinder kits. The initiative aims to discourage people from exploiting forests for firewood extraction and, instead, motivate them to use …
Hazardous air pollution in Teheran has reportedly killed at least 3,600 people within a month (October 23 to November 21, 2006), prompting the city officials to call it a "collective suicide'. Over the past one year, nearly 10,000 people have reportedly died
a recent report on the ambient air quality around Chennai's Kodungaiyar waste dumpsite has sent out a strong health warning to over 100,000 residents living in its vicinity. Everyday, the Corporation of Chennai dumps around 3,200 tonnes of waste either at Kodungaiyar or the nearby Perungudi dumpyard. Released by a …
function table() { var popurl="image/20061115/13-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=200,scrollbars=yes") } villagers and townsfolk of Lalkuan, Bindukhatta, Pantnagar, Kichha, Bazpur and Kashipur in Uttaranchal's terai belt are beset by water and air pollution. The districts of Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar have a number of red-category (most polluting) paper and pulp units and …
if you are living by the main road, you may have reasons to worry. A new study by scientists in Germany has revealed that living close to major roads (within 50 m) and long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and particulate matters may be associated with increased death incidents from heart …
leukaemia breakthrough: A study by a team of scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital in Boston, USA, shows that cancer stem cells are different from normal blood stem cells. Led by Scott Armstrong, the team suggests that targeting these cells would be an effective way to treat …
air pollution levels in Pakistan's highly populated cities are among the highest in the world. And the levels are on the rise, raising health concerns, says a Pakistan government report. The levels of ambient particulates, smoke particulates and dust, which cause respiratory diseases, are twice the world's average and more …
waste power: The California State Assembly has recently approved a law to increase the production of renewable energy in the state. The bill, ab 1969, will allow public water and wastewater agencies to sell environment-friendly energy to electrical companies, which they produce in the form of hydro-electricity, solar and biogas …
As many as 500,000 women and children die in India each year due to indoor air pollution caused by use of solid biomass as cooking fuel, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The poor in India, who form the majority of the population and live in congested, slum-like conditions, …
phosphorous pentoxide: Severe eye and skin injury and chemical burns to the respiratory track, if inhaled aromatic alcohol (also known as phenol): It's a poisonous chemical that is corrosive in nature and readily seeps through the skin and causes burns vinyl alcohol and magnesium hydroxide: Cause eye irritation with nausea, …
the dreaded avian flu has affected millions of birds, but fortunately the h5n1 virus responsible does not easily infect humans. So far, the virus has infected only about 200 people worldwide. Now, two independent studies published in Nature (Vol 440, No 7083, March 23, 2006) and Science (published online, March …
smoke threat: Public health in Meherpur district of Bangladesh is at high risk from heavy vehicular emissions due to the use of adulterated fuel. Cases of respiratory and cardiac diseases have increased in recent years. It is alleged that kerosene is used to adulterated petrol. Consumers complain that their vehicles …
a recent study on the West Nile virus disease throws fresh light on its rapid spread in the us, where it was introduced in 1999. The disease has affected an estimated 215,000 people of whom 770 have died. The infection causes headache, fever and may also result in encephalitis. The …
