Arsenic

The new obesity

Weight loss is no more a simple calculation of calories consumed and burnt. Studies show exposure to certain toxins in the environment can make it difficult for one to shed extra pounds. What are these toxins? How do they affect body?

Publication Date:

30/06/2012

Author(s): Vibha Varshney, Dinsa Sachan, Sonal Matharu

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

21

Issue:

3

Tags:

Obesity, Pesticides And Toxins, Health Effects, India, WHO, Epidemiological Studies, Child Health, United States Of America (US), Environmental Health, Dioxin, Arsenic, DDT, Non Communicable Diseases, Fast Foods, POPs, Europe

Industry

Exposure of soil microbial communities to chromium and arsenic alters their diversity and structure

Extensive use of chromium (Cr) and arsenic (As) based preservatives from the leather tanning industry in Pakistan has had a deleterious effect on the soils surrounding production facilities. Bacteria have been shown to be an active component in the geochemical cycling of both Cr and As, but it is unknown how these compounds affect microbial community composition or the prevalence and form of metal resistance. Therefore, we sought to understand the effects that long-term exposure to As and Cr had on the diversity and structure of soil microbial communities.

Publication Date:

29/06/2012

Author(s): Cody S. Sheik, Tyler W. Mitchell, Fariha Z. Rizvi & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

Vol:

7

Issue:

7

pp:

1-13

Tags:

Arsenic, Leather Industry, Pakistan, Industrial Pollution, Land Pollution, South Asia, Lahore, Micro Organisms, Heavy Metals

Water Pollution

Flouride, arsenic-free drinking water by 2014

MANGALDAI, June 25 – The Public Health Engineering Department will ensure flouride and arsenic-free drinking water by the end of 2014, for which the department has already adopted an exclusive proj

Publication Date:

26/06/2012

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Arsenic, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Fluoride, Assam, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)

Water Pollution

State to be arsenic-free by 2014

NALBARI, June 17 – Minster of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, Gautam Roy has said that the State Government has taken special steps to make drinking water sources free from arsenic cont

Publication Date:

18/06/2012

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Arsenic, Water Pollution, Nalbari (D), Drinking Water, Assam, Water Supply

Environment

Flashpoints

Andhra Pradesh

Uranium Mining > Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam

Publication Date:

09/06/2012

Author(s): JAY MAZOOMDAAR

Source: Tehelka (New Delhi)

Tags:

Water Pollution

Holy river now a great drain of India

THE Yamuna River is one of the holiest waterways in India.

Publication Date:

02/06/2012

Source: Age (Australia)

Tags:

Yamuna, Water Pollution, River Pollution, India, Delhi, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Himalaya, Sewage, Industrial Waste, Toxic Wastes, Freshwater Ecosystems, Drinking Water, Water Quality, Health Effects, Arsenic, Vegetables, Uttar Pradesh, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Environment

Scientists find ways to clean polluted soil

There are ways to clean heavy-metal-polluted soil, according scientists that attended a two-day forum in Beijing that ended Thursday.

Publication Date:

31/05/2012

Source: China Daily

Tags:

Scientists, Pollution, Soil Resources, China, Drinking Water, Environment, Arsenic, Sugarcane, Heavy Metals

Water Supply

Drinking water project inoperative for 21 years

Twenty one years after completion, a drinking water project in Prithvinagar, Jhapa, is yet to come into operation.

Publication Date:

30/05/2012

Source: Kathmandu Post (Nepal)

Tags:

Nepal, South Asia, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Arsenic

Water Pollution

German help in arsenic research

New Delhi, May 27: A first-of-its-kind institute to be set up in Calcutta to research arsenic contamination of ground water in eastern India will work with technical support from a German agency.

Publication Date:

28/05/2012

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

Arsenic, Water Pollution, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Groundwater, Groundwater Pollution, Ministry Of Rural Development, Germany, Water Management

Water Supply

Bengal fails to meet national targets, water meet today

Devolution of more powers to panchayats in the management of national rural drinking water mission and the issues of arsenic and shortage of drinking water will figure prominently at the two-day na

Publication Date:

25/05/2012

Source: Statesman (Kolkata)

Tags:

Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, West Bengal, Panchayats, Arsenic, Water Pollution, Ministry Of Rural Development, Calcutta (D)