Air Pollution

Auto Fool Policy

The Auto Fuel Policy makes a mockery of Delhi's pollution crisis by proposing a pedestrian roadmap. Live and die with pollution. You deserve nothing better, says the expert report

Publication Date:

14/11/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20021115

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Development, Health, Emissions Trading, Technology, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Delhi, Statistics, Vehicles

India

In Brief

Philippines joins CNG bandwagon: Yet another country attempting to switch its

Publication Date:

14/11/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Food Crops, Food Supply, Food Contamination, Fish, CNG, Medicinal Plants, Mercury, Genetic Resources, Africa, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, United States Of America (US), California, India, Delhi

Air Pollution

Automated eyewash

Final report of the Mashelkar committee on auto fuel policy a complete letdown

Publication Date:

30/10/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Emissions Trading

Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

The Indian Ocean experiment and the Asian Brown Cloud

The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) was sponsored by research agencies within Europe, India and USA, and was mainly concerned with the haze over south Asia and the adjacent Indian Ocean. It excluded other equally or even more polluted areas in Asia. The Asian Brown Cloud is a follow on international research project that includes all of Asia.

Publication Date:

25/10/2002

Author(s): V. Ramanathan, P. J. Crutzen, A. P. Mitra & et al

Source: Current Science

Vol:

83

Issue:

8

pp:

947

Tags:

Air Pollution, Himalaya, Agriculture, Water Resources, Arabian Sea, Bay Of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Health Effects, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Monsoons, Solar Radiation, Climate Change, Aerosols, Asia, India, South Asia

Air Pollution

At the receiving end

How Mexico had to shell out a hefty sum in compliance with the trade pact s investor friendly clauses

Publication Date:

14/10/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Air Pollution

Instant threat

Particulate matter immediately affects lungs and heart

Publication Date:

14/10/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Heart Diseases, United States Of America (US), Fly Ash

Air Pollution

Taste that...

...could kill skin cancer cells

Publication Date:

29/09/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Coffee, Health Effects, Cancer, Medical Research, Radiation

Air Pollution

US comes clean

Diesel becomes a dirty word in the official US environmental lexicon

Publication Date:

29/09/2002

Author(s): Chandrachur Ghose

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020930

pp:

0

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, Diesel

Air Pollution

Ayurvedic drug manufacturers divided over new <font class='UCASE'>eu</font> directives

the recent eu directives, which aim to monitor the quality of traditional herbal medicines entering the European market, have sparked off a lively debate in India. One school of thought fears the

Publication Date:

14/09/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ayurveda, Herbal Medcine, Drug Industry, Exports, India, Uttar Pradesh, European Union (EU)

Air Pollution