In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
KOLKATA: Thyroid diseases are emerging as one of the most common endocrine disorders across the country. It is estimated that about 200 million people suffer from thyroid disorders worldwide and amongst those 42 million are in India. These are some of the data based on a three year-long pan India …
Environmental lobby ChemSec on Tuesday highlighted 22 hormone-disrupting chemicals routinely found in plastics, packaging and cosmetics that it wants regulated by the European Union. ChemSec has accused the EU of delaying action on such "endocrine-disrupting" chemicals such as phthalates. "The EU has the ambition to tackle the threat of endocrine-disrupting …
