The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest writ petition to take immediate and adequate steps to prescribe stringent emission standards on all parameters such as p

Burning coal also costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days

Formalin is used in 93.75 per cent of mangoes selling in the capital, said a report of Save the Environment Movement on Tuesday.

The first regional research on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region suggests that more than 13 million people in MEA suffer from COPD secondary to

KANPUR: The Industrial City has the dubious distinction of being the third highest incidence of asthma in the country. Bangalore has the highest number of asthma patients in the country.

Questions have been raised over the health impact of high levels of tiny airborne metal particles discovered in a European underground train system.

The UK faces European fines and British cities may have to ban cars to dramatically reduce harmful effects of air pollution

The rising pollution in the City has led to drastic increase in asthma among children during summer, according to a study conducted by Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) of Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

According to the study report, the incidence of asthma has gone up by 10 times in the last 16 years - from 2.8 per cent in 1994 to 28.8 per cent in 2010. Construction works, road widening, tree felling and increasing vehicular population have contributed in making Bangalore the asthma capital, said Mahesh Kashyap, a research fellow with CiSTUP. He was delivering a lecture at a workshop on fuel efficiency on Tuesday.

In January, NASA revealed satellite images showing dramatic visuals of air pollution over China.