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 …
asthma is a chronic and debilitating disease, causing the inflammation of airways, making them contract suddenly and violently. Asthmatics, therefore, get attacks of shortness of breath and wheezing that can sometimes be life threatening. In a potentially lethal overreaction of the immune system, things as harmless as dust, mites or …
Curtains and drapes will soon be turned into pollution control systems. They will be made of thin graphite sheets, which when hung inside a room or factory will absorb most atmospheric pollutants like oxides of nitrogen and carbon, fumes of kerosene and strong-smelling acids and alkalis that cause respiratory and …
To study the association between ambient air pollutants (AAP) and respiratory symptoms complex (RSC) in preschool children, a cohort of 664 children between the ages of 1 month to 4.5 yr were randomly selected from 28 slums (anganwadi centres) of Lucknow, north India. They were followed up fortnightly for six …
IT IS common, knowledge that particles like pollen, moulds, dust mites and animal dander set off asthma attacks in susceptible people, but now a new study establishes the link between food allergies and respiratory problems. The study was conducted at the Johns Hopkin Children's Centre in Baltimore, Maryland, us, where …
A GROUP of American and British scientists claims to have developed an instrutment to measure the levels of fine air-borne particles from vehicle exhausts, which cause respiratory disorders in thousands of people each year. The vibrating tube impactor (VTI), developed by scientists led by David Booker Of AEA Technology, along …
A team of researchers from the Delhi-based Centre for Biochemical Technology (CBT) has recently formulated an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) -- an immune-based test kit -- for the early detection of aspergillosis, a disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, characterised by attacks of asthma and recurrent chest infibrillations. …
Pakistan's Kalabagh dam project has stirred up a hornet's nest. To counter hostile critics in the North West Frontier Province and Sindh, a new strategy, chalked out on the World Bank's guidelines, has been adopted. The gameplan is to use the success of the Ghazi Barotha dam as a springboard …
Traffic police in Delhi will be granted an allowance for breathing polluted air. The compensation amount will be graded according to rank, ranging from Rs 100 for constables to Rs 200 for inspectors. A study conducted by the capital's Central Road Research Institute and the All India Institute of Medical …
DESPITE China's much-vaunted economic development, more than half its population still depends on highly polluting fuels to meet domestic needs and several studies show that chronic respiratory diseases are on the increase because of exposure to the smoke from these fuels. In fact, chronic respiratory diseases are among the leading …
NEWS FOR smokers gets worse and worse. According to earlier studies, about one-fourth the number of regular smokers were expected to die of tobacco-related diseases. Latest estimates put the figure at one-third. Richard Peto of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in UK, along with the World Health Organisation and the …
Government and business in India's capital are struggling to cope with the environmental consequences of the city's economic growth. The FT's Victor Mallet examines the cost to human health.
