The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
A section of pharmaceutical companies have been using toxic industrial chemicals in medicines, especially in Paracetamol syrup, causing deaths to a number of children and putting life of many others at risk, according to physicians and experts. At least eight children died of renal failure at Dhaka Shishu Hospital and …
Environment Minister Hameedullah Jan Afridi has said indiscriminate use of chemicals to achieve and maintain development tempo in agriculture, industry and urban settlements was damaging public health and natural resources of the country. He expressed these views while addressing a consultative workshop on Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management (SAICM) …
Environmental and health activists who have given a bad name to asbestos are facing the wrath of an industry that pleads that this is the best option for our country--------- FACT: In June 2001. the Supreme Court in Brazil rejected a petition by some activists for ban of asbestos-cement production. …
There probably are lots of senior execs who've been comforted when their chief scientist or toxicologist has told them that since "the dose makes the poison," they shouldn't sweat some new study about a chemical found in small amounts in their products. Unfortunately, this maxim, which has been around for …
Car makers are lobbying the European Union to delay an agreed 2011 ban on climate-damaging chemicals in car air conditioners, a letter from auto industry group ACEA shows. The move has aroused strong opposition from environmentalists and suppliers of greener engineering systems. The European Union ruled in 2006 that from …
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday extended the ban on import of dairy products from China, banned import of mobile phones that lack unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number from China and also banned import of toys that do not adhere to international safety standards for all the countries. The …
Over one hundred children fell sick after taking government-supplied deworming tablets and vitamin A capsules at Char Shalipur and Char Hazarbigha villages in Char Bhadrashan upazila. The children started vomiting and were stricken with dysentery after the union health fieldworkers fed them Vitamin A capsules and deworming tablets. Tota Bapari, …
Poisoning from pesticides, drug medicaments, biological substances and snake bites, are now the eight causes of death in Sri Lanka. In 2005 18,174 people died of poisoning, in 2006 19,381 died of poisoning and in 2007 23,675 people have died of poisoning. The increase in the mortality rate due to …
The Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Department of Environment (DOE) on Monday have launched a joint initiative to phase out the use of carbon tetrachloride (CTC) from the sector by the end of this year. CTC, a member of eight Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) family with more …
A paint chemical that is widely used in China is leaking into the Yangtze river and may be responsible for deformities and decreasing numbers of rare wild Chinese sturgeon, a study has found. In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said a significant …
AHMEDABAD: Ayurveda calls it amrit phal, and yet it has become a cause of aliments for many mango lovers in the city. Within a month of the arrival of mangoes in the market, private clinics in the city started recording a rise in the number of patients with stomach ailments. …
Corporation conducted raids in all 10 zones and seized 100 kg of calcium carbide stones CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation on Thursday seized around 300 kg of mangoes that were artificially ripened using calcium carbide. The fruits were destroyed. The civic body
Chemicals producers and governments agreed on Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances. But non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said unless the industry and governments come up with more money, agreed targets for cleaning up chemicals by 2020 were unlikely …
Vijesh Kamath, Bangalore, DH News Service: The spate of hooch tragedies in the State has prompted the Government to regulate the use and sale of methanol. In this direction, the State government is planning to make it mandatory for adding a unique colour to methanol to distinguish it from other …
Growing use of chemicals in poor countries as they develop their economies is putting increasing strain on their healthcare systems and medical workers, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. "The health sector is faced with additional roles and responsibilities due to increased production and use of chemicals in …
Nine dangerous chemicals used in farming and industry will be added to a list of banned substances whose presence in the environment causes serious health risks, more than 160 government agreed on Saturday. The nine pesticides and industrial chemicals join 12 substances targeted for elimination under the 2001 Stockholm Convention …
Shabir Ibn Yusuf Officials claimed the Chinese toys contained lead (pb). This element, if ingested, can cause various ills like brain hemorrhage, anemia, learning problems and slow growth. More than three months after the union government banned the import of Chinese toys in country, KashmirValley still seems to have a …
The South Korean government has said it has found cancer-causing chemicals in 79 products made for babies and children. The confirmation comes after inspectors checked 534 products sold by large discount outlets, specialised toy shops, and online shopping malls, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (Kats) said. The agency …
