The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The capability of benzophenone-3 (BP-3) to absorb and dissipate ultraviolet radiation facilitates its use as a sunscreen agent. BP-3 has other uses in many consumer products (e.g., as fragrance and flavor enhancer, photoinitiator, ultraviolet curing agent, polymerization inhibitor). The researchers wanted to assess exposure to BP-3 in a representative sample …
A comprehensive migration database was established for bisphenol A from polycarbonate baby bottles into water during exposure to microwave heating. Eighteen different brands of polycarbonate baby bottles sold in Europe were collected. Initial residual content of bisphenol A and migration after microwave heating were determined. Residual content of bisphenol A …
carp, the freshwater fish species, are going blind in Punjab. The reason, a study reveals, is a pesticide used in rice fields nearby. Monocrotophos, the pesticide, causes a cataract-like condition reducing the economic value of the fish, said Punjab University researchers who carried out the study. The study was initiated …
"Study will yield vital new information on their habitats " NEW DELHI: "We could be closer than ever before in understanding the real cause of the death of more than a hundred gharials at the National Chambal Sanctuary since December 2007," said Gharial Crisis Management Group chairman Ravi Singh here …
No one cares as rivers turn toxic SO thick-skinned is the political leadership and the bureaucracy in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh that media reports of dead fish floating in the states' rivers almost every year fail to move them. Last year a large quantity of fish perished in the Sarsa …
Faridkot/Harike - TOXIN UNLEASHED: Sirhind and Rajasthan feeder canals become deathbed of aquatic life Mohan, who sells ice-cream near the banks of Sirhind and Rajasthan feeder canals in the periphery of Faridkot, has a choice to put up his mobile stall elsewhere. But, a few metres away along the banks, …
Two chemicals widely used in cleaning agents for homes, offices and hospitals cause birth defects and fertility problems in mice whose cages have been in contact with them, according to Patricia Hunt at Washington State University in Pullman. The quaternary ammonium compounds ADBAC (n-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride) and DDAC …
By Rashme Sehgal Scientists warn that the genetically modified (GM) foods that are set to hit the market will do so without having undergone mandatory safety assessments. Thirty-two crops are currently being researched across 111 government and 50 private institutes with 14 having entered the trial stage. These, they decry, …
A study by NGO Toxics Link has found extremely high levels of lead in the dust collected from Delhi homes. Lead is known to be harmful, especially for children and pregnant women, and the study indicates that the primary cause for high lead levels was paints. According to Dr Abhay …
A study by Toxics Link has revealed alarmingly high levels of lead in household dust in the Capital that may have serious consequences for the health and well-being of its residents. Since leaded petrol was banned in 2000, the findings of the study have indicated an alternative source of the …
Population of Rhizopertha dominica Fab. selected for resistance by single pre-storage application of deltamethrin, pirimiphos methyl and a newer PGP-2 along with the laboratory susceptible culture tested for resistance to deltamethrin, chlorpyriphos methyl and fenvalerate after two years of wheat storage indicated no appreciable resistance in various selections except for …
This study was conducted to assess the safety with special reference to the primary skin irritation, if any, of six samples (Excavated waste, Lime sludge, Naphthol tar (nor Naptho tar), Reactor residues, Semi processed pesticide and Sevin tar) collected from `Stored Toxic Wastes at the former UCIL Plant site at …
A pot experiment was conducted to study the toxic effect of nematicides: carbofuran, carbosulfan alone and their combination on soil microbial population and soil respiration with cotton as a test crop. The total bacterial population and free living diazotrophs population was reduced initially by nematicides application. With progress of time …
Environmental exposure to cadmium decreases bone density indirectly through hypercalciuria resulting from renal tubular dysfunction. The researchers sought evidence for a direct osteotoxic effect of cadmium in women.
Japanese researchers say they have developed a smog sensor the size of a finger nail that could be carried around and used to measure pollution in the air that people breathe each day. It is significantly smaller than the sensors as big as bulky boxes that are currently used to …
The politicization of us's Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has reached its acme. On April 10, the epa announced a new procedure to assess toxicity of chemicals. epa in its new avatar gives greater say to government agencies and corporate groups, and undermines scientists and public health professionals. The changes proposed …
Britain has launched a first ever probe into health threats posed to passengers by contaminated air in planes after complaints of nausea and dizziness during and after flights. The investigation into health threats posed by air circulating in aircraft, announced by British aviation minister Jim Fitzpatrick, follows complaints from pilots …
The present studies are based on the feedback provided by Punjab fish farmers practising composite fish culture of Indian major and exotic carps. According to them, during the southwest monsoon, in ponds in the vicinity of toxicant (monocrotophos)-treated paddy fields, the eye lens of most of the culturable fishes became …
If anyone remakes "Erin Brockovich," this is a scene I want to see. A scientist launches a study to determine the toxicity of hexavalent chromium, the drinking-water contaminant at the center of the lawsuits Brockovich spearheaded. The study will be a meta-analysis, combining existing individual studies to, he says, produce …
