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 …
A large isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis outbreak centred on London, United Kingdom, has been ongoing since 1995. The aim of this study was to investigate the power and value of whole genome sequencing (WGS) to resolve the transmission network compared to current molecular strain typing approaches, including analysis of intra-host diversity within …
Meerut: A team from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) landed in Meerut on Tuesday morning to launch an intensive study of pollution levels here. Equipped with cutting-edge equipment, the team’s primary aim is to analyse the impact of movement of ‘discarded’ vehicles from Delhi to the region. Research …
GENEVA: Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from the UN's global health body "is enough to …
The report also called for strengthening measures against inefficient modes of transport, household fuel and waste burning Air pollution is killing nearly eight lakh people annually in the South East Asian Region (SEAR) with India alone accounting for over 75 per cent of the casualties caused by cardiovascular diseases and …
Fine particulate matter from industries, cars and biomass causing premature mortality. Air pollution could have killed at least 600,000 Indians in 2012, a study conducted by the World Health Organisation and made public on Monday said. That is about a fifth of the 3 million who died worldwide because they …
Legionella pneumophila is, by far, the species most frequently associated with Legionnaires’ disease (LD). Human infection occurs almost exclusively by aerosol inhalation which places the bacteria in juxtaposition with alveolar macrophages. LD risk management is based on controlling water quality by applying standardized procedures. However, to gain a better understanding …
Come 2030 and fuels we use today would have made air so toxic with pollutants that it would be close to impossible to live and move without oxygen kit as a permanent burden and part of lifestyle. NEW DELHI: The future of air we breathe is nightmarish. Present stats from …
Toxic haze that spread across Southeast Asia from Indonesian forest fires last year caused the deaths of about 100,000 people across the region, according to the first academic study of the health impact of the smog. The death toll was concentrated in Indonesia, which had about 92,000 excess deaths from …
Swiss firms have been criticised in a report for their links to the African trade in diesel with toxin levels that are illegal in Europe. Three of the distribution companies mentioned in the report have responded by saying that they meet the regulatory requirements of the market and have no …
Children in Delhi have a far lower lung capacity and lung growth rate than kids of the same age in the US, according to this study by the department of pulmonary medicine at the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. The objective of the study was to develop prediction equations for spirometry …
DIBRUGARH: Accusing the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) of violating effluent standards and polluting surrounding rivers and water bodies, Asom Gana Parishad (Anchalikatabadi Mancha) has sought an independent probe by an expert panel. The party in a press conference on Tuesday said the BCPL plant situated at Lepetkata in …
India-Africa Health Sciences Meet opens tomorrow In an attempt to bring down dependence on the West for expertise on health research, the government is preparing the ground for a partnership with the African continent. Four different ministries — of Health and Family Welfare, External Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Science …
Singapore’s National Environment Agency said on Friday it expected air quality to remain poor into the weekend as Indonesian disaster management officials cautioned that wildfires in Sumatra and Kalimantan could persist through September. On Thursday Indonesia’s newly appointed police chief Tito Karnavian said police had prepared cases against 454 individuals …
In a longitudinal, multi-country study, parents of 24 168 offspring aged 2–51 years provided information on their life-course smoking habits, occupational exposure to welding and metal fumes, and offspring’s asthma before/after age 10 years and hay fever. Logistic regressions investigated the relevant associations controlled for age, study centre, parental characteristics …
The true impact of air pollution has been obscured by the failure to consider people’s exposure as they move around during the day, according to a new study that has mapped the hotspots of New York’s air pollution based on where people gather for work or recreation. The research cites …
A new Yale-led study published in the journal Nature Communications sheds light on the surprising role that haze in China plays in promoting the urban heat island effect [UHI], a process whereby city centers tend to be significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. Scientists have always suspected that aerosol particles, …
KOLKATA: Even as dengue and malaria cases continue to spiral in Kolkata, an 'unclassified fever' is on the prowl as well. With symptoms similar to the twin mosquito-borne diseases, the viral has made it difficult for doctors and hospitals to identify and distinguish it quickly from the two more dreaded …
More than 2,000 Southern Californians die early each year from polluted air, and the region would benefit the most of anywhere in the country from reducing ozone and fine particle pollution below current federal limits, a new study has found. The analysis by scientists at New York University and the …
The biological mechanisms by which cleaning products and disinfectants - an emerging risk factor - affect respiratory health remain incompletely evaluated. Studying genes by environment interactions (GxE) may help identify new genes related to adult-onset asthma. Original Source
In West Aceh, a school has had to close, with two students hospitalized with breathing problems. One hundred and fifty military and police officers are trying to put the fires in West Aceh. The fires are a result of slash-and-burn land clearing by oil palm planters, officials say. Since August …
