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 …
Bhubaneswar: State Food Safety Commissioner on Thursday ordered Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) to collect samples of soft drinks from their respective districts and submit information. In a written notification to all ADMOs, City Health Officers, Municipal Corporations asking them to direct Food Safety Officers for collection of samples for …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxins in Aerated Drinks, 22/11/2016. The All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH;), Kolkata, had conducted a study on leaching of toxics from bottles used for packaging of soft drinks. AIIH & PH entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the National …
The tribunal has asked the Centre to submit a note detailing the state of river Ganga and how it has deteriorated The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday asked the Centre to give a note detailing the state of river Ganga in the past and how it has deteriorated now. …
Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a known pulmonary carcinogen. Recent detection of Cr(VI) in drinking water wells in North Carolina has raised public concern about contamination of drinking water wells by nearby coal ash ponds. Here we report, for the first time, the prevalence of Cr and Cr(VI) in drinking water …
The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to the activities of illegal miners popularly called ‘Galamsey’. According to the group, galamsey activities also pose a major danger to Ghana’s cash crop—cocoa, which has been a significant contributor to …
Now, with lead sulfide and zinc ore reserves seemingly exhausted, Kabwe, the capital of Zambia's Central Province, is a ghost town, local people say. Nearly a century of mining for lead, cadmium and other deposits plundered Kabwe's resources, and then the companies involved abandoned the town, leaving poor residents to …
An outfit representing PET container manufacturers today moved the National Green Tribunal against an NGO's plea for a ban on use of PET pacakaging, alleging that it was motivated by interests of the glass industry and not environmental concerns. The NGO had sought the ban saying such packaging leached harmful …
Four heavy metals and a harmful compound have been found in samples of Pepsi, Coca Cola, Mountain Dew, Sprite and 7Up Coke, PepsiCo bank on cans, juices & T20 Five different toxins were found during a government study in cold drinks produced by PepsiCo and Coca Cola, the Indian Express …
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo on Thursday said their soft drinks are safe, reacting to a Government body report that their PET bottles have toxins. A government study revealed that PET bottles of soft drinks from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo five different types of toxins, media reports said. The tests were conducted this …
सरकार ने सॉफ्टड्रिंक्स की जांच में पेप्सिको और कोका कोला के कई प्रॉडक्ट्स में जहरीले पदार्थों की मात्रा अधिक पाई है। स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय द्वारा कराई गई जांच में ड्रग्स टेक्निकल अडवाइजरी बोर्ड (DTAB) ने सॉफ्टड्रिंक्स में पांच अलग-अलग टॉक्सिन टॉक्सिन मिलन की पुष्टि की। अंग्रेजी अखबार 'द इंडियन एक्सप्रेस' की …
The results of the test, conducted in February-March this year, and reviewed by The Indian Express, also show a significant increase in leaching with the rise in room temperature. A government study has found five different toxins — heavy metals antimony, lead, chromium and cadmium and the compound DEHP or …
Anthropogenic emissions completely overwhelmed natural marine lead (Pb) sources during the past century, predominantly due to leaded petrol usage. Here, based on Pb isotope measurements, we reassess the importance of natural and anthropogenic Pb sources to the tropical North Atlantic following the nearly complete global cessation of leaded petrol use. …
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a device for the rapid analysis of liquids on the content of hazardous substances -- such as heavy metals. Polytechnicers use a method based on polymer optodes -- very small plastic matrices that can be made sensitive to specific substances by means of …
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the U.S., which makes for a perky population -- but it also creates a lot of used grounds. Scientists now report in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering an innovative way to reduce this waste and help address another environmental …
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a broad $10 billion water projects development bill that will help Flint, Michigan, deal with a long-running problem of lead contamination in the city's water supply. The Republican-majority Senate voted 95-3 in favor of the bill, which contains $100 million in loans and grants …
ISLAMABAD: More than 80pc Pakistanis consume contaminated and unsafe water, Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer informed the Senate on Tuesday.Responding a question from PPP Senator Sherry Rehman, the minister said the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had conducted various water quality monitoring projects in the …
Results come from water sampled during time when Flint’s supply was taken from source later deemed to be corroding pipes and leaching lead A months-long government investigation bolsters claims of residents in Flint, Michigan, that the city’s lead-tainted water led to a breakout of rashes and hair loss for residents. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Subhash C. Pandey Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/08/2016 regarding standards for treated water from sewage and use of this water for irrigation. NGT directs MoEF to respond to the issue of upgradation …
In this communication, accumulated soot from typical Indian share autos and buses has been characterized using FE-SEM coupled with EDS and FTIR spectroscopy for its toxicity level. Analysis reveals the size of spherical-shaped primary particles to be less than 40 nm, which agglomerate to form fractal-like structures. In share autos, …
The social costs stemming from dangerous levels of lead in the drinking water of Flint, Michigan, such as the effect on children's health, amount to $395 million, according to an analysis by a professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The total takes into account some 8,000 …
