MOUNDS OF ROTTING seaweed clogging beaches across northwestern France are emitting a toxic and potentially lethal gas, test results released by the French government showed on Thursday.

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Multivariate statistical techniques, such as Cluster Analysis (CA), Discriminant Analysis (DA), and Principal component analysis (PCA) were applied to evaluate the temporal/spatial variations in marine water quality of Mumbai and to identify pollution sources. Hierarchical CA grouped 12 sampling sites into three clusters of similar water quality characteristics.

The number of British beaches recommended for bathing has dropped by a record 16.5 percent because of poor weather last year, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said on Friday.

In its annual Good Beach Guide, the MCS said 370 beaches out of 777 tested were recommended for their excellent water quality, down from 444 in 2008.

beaches Littered: Litter dumped on UK beaches has more than doubled in the past 15 years, a study said. The Marine Conservation Society

1978: Fomento buys land in Taleigaon village. Requests for adjacent land parcels 1980: State issues notification to acquire land in Taleigaon village and hands over the land including land parcel

Goa government issues ordinance to save resort THE troubles faced by Goa

Geo-tubes not for the long term ORISSA Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for a 700-m long seawall using geo-tubes in Pentha village in Kendrapara district on January 30. It will cost Rs 15 crore (see

Exposure to natural background radiation is an average 2.4 milliGray per year (milliGray or mGy is the unit for measuring radiation dose received per kg of body mass) and is often greater than exposure to human-caused radiation (0.01 mGy per year from nuclear weapons testing, accidents and operations combined) and the average exposure from medical procedures (0.04-1 mGy per year). In Kerala,

New evidence says that all radiations do not lead to cancer RADIATION protection standards say that all doses of radiation, big or small, risk human health and lead to cancers. For example, the entire cycle from extraction of nuclear material to waste disposal, exposes workers to ionising radiation that is harmful to health. A new study, however, asserts that the detrimental effect is

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