Reply on behalf of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in response to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order September 12, 2024. The matter related to the news item titled "People are breathing in cancer-causing chemicals in their cars study find" appearing in NDTV.com dated May 8, 2024. ARAI …
A total of 24 German beer brands was analysed for the contents of microplastic fibres, fragments and granular material. In all cases contamination was found. Counts ranged from 2 to 79 fibres L–1, from 12 to 109 fragments L–1 and from 2 to 66 granules L–1. The results show a …
The drinking-water crisis in one of Ohio's largest cities is drawing attention to a new requirement for farmers in the state: a license to fertilize. The mayor of Toledo, Ohio, lifted citywide restrictions on drinking water due to elevated levels of a suspected toxin from an ongoing algal bloom in …
Thyroid dysfunction is associated with impaired cognitive development. Perchlorate decreases thyroidal iodine uptake, potentially reducing thyroid hormone production. It is unclear whether perchlorate exposure in early life affects neuro development. : During 2002–2006, 21,846 women at gestational age 16 weeks recruited from antenatal clinics in Cardiff, UK and Turin, Italy …
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are developmental toxicants but the impact of both maternal and paternal exposures on offspring birth size is largely unexplored. The objective of the study was to examine associations between maternal and paternal serum concentrations of 63 POPs, comprising five major classes of pollutants, with birth size …
Health authorities tested water for toxins in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday as some 400,000 people remained without safe drinking water for a second day following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie. Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said some sampling showed decreased toxin levels but results …
In December last year, the government held a weeklong awareness campaign “Pesticides Harm Lives: Eliminate Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides” to educate people about the harmful use of pesticides on agricultural produce and their impact on human health. But this effort seems to have been fruitless with a recent study …
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up 236 formalin testing booths at grocery markets in the capital within 10 days to ensure chemical and formalin free foods. DMP Commissioner Benzir Ahmed has made the disclosure at the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday, reports BSS. "DMP will set up 236 formalin …
This paper brings together over 250 published and unpublished studies on the environmental properties, fate, and toxicity of the four major, high-volume surfactant classes and relevant feedstocks. The surfactants and feedstocks covered include alcohol sulfate or alcohol sulfate (AS), alcohol ethoxysulfate (AES), linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS), alcohol ethoxylate (AE), and …
How an individual responds to the environment depends upon both personal life history as well as inherited genetic and epigenetic factors from ancestors. Using a ‘two-hit, 3 generations apart’ model, we tested how F3 descendants of rats given in utero exposures to the environmental endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) vinclozolin reacted to …
Apple released its 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report, posting the new information on its updated Environmental Initiatives website. The report, which covers fiscal 2013, highlights the progress Apple has made towards its environmental goals, which include reducing climate change by using renewable energy sources, using greener materials, and conserving "precious resources."
Exposure to disinfection by-products (DBPs) has been demonstrated to impair male reproductive health in animals, but human evidence is limited and inconsistent. The researchers examined the association between exposure to drinking-water DBPs and semen quality in a Chinese population.
The cabinet has finalised the “Formalin Control Act, 2014” without ascertaining as to the existence of what level of formalin in food will be treated as an offence. However, the highest punishment of misuse of formalin has been fixed at life term imprisonment. Alongside, the jail term, provision for fine …
The Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, Updated Tables, July 2014 provides nationally representative biomonitoring data that has become available since the publication of the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, 2009. The Updated Tables, July 2014 includes all the updates previously provided in …
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Formalin Control Bill, 2014′ keeping a provision of maximum life-term imprisonment and TK 20 lakh fine, aiming to control the misuse of formalin, including in food items. Cabinet The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held …
The objective of the study was to describe the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of U.S. obstetricians on the topic of prenatal environmental exposures.
E-waste management is one of the most critical waste issues affecting our environment. Globally around 50 million tons of e-waste is generated annually. In India, the current estimate projects 2.7 million tons of e-waste generation annually. The concerns arising out of such waste generation is not of volumes alone but …
On November 4 last year, the cabinet approved the draft law, in principle, which suggested 10 years of jail as the highest punishment Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the government was finalising the draft Formalin Control Law, keeping a provision of life-term imprisonment as the maximum punishment. On November …
More children were admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital with “litchi syndrome“, bringing the total number of afflicted to 37. The report of blood and cerebral spinal fluid, which reached Malda on Thursday , however, confirmed that the victims had no traces of dengue, chikungunya or Japanese encephalitis. Experts …
Most of the lichies and all the black berries sold in the capital’s fruit markets are formalin treated, a Poribesh Bachao Andalan study said Wednesday. The report of the 10-day study, beginning June 1, was announced by POBA executive general secretary Md Abdus Sobhan at a press conference at POBA …
When sea ice forms it scavenges and concentrates particulates from the water column, which then become trapped until the ice melts. In recent years, melting has led to record lows in Arctic Sea ice extent, the most recent in September 2012. Global climate models, such as that of Gregory et …
