Regular and planned monitoring of air quality in India started with the national ambient air quality monitoring (naaqm) network, launched by CPCB in 1985. The network, which began with 30 stations, grew to 300 stations in 1993

Monitoring air quality in India seems to have finally got a headstart. But what is of concern is the manner in which the process will be regulated. As G D Agarwal reports, most of the standards set up do not have any correlation with ground realit

To study the association between ambient air pollutants (AAP) and respiratory symptoms complex (RSC) in preschool children, a cohort of 664 children between the ages of 1 month to 4.5 yr were randomly selected from 28 slums (anganwadi centres) of Lucknow, north India. They were followed up fortnightly for six months.

The objective of the study is to study the relationship of hemoglobin to exposure to motor vehicle exhaust.

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Besides highlighting some of the enduring concerns faced by today s urban planners, what else has the Istanbul city summit Habitat II actually achieved?