Water Resources

 Cup that cheers

Depressed? A sip of water might be just the thing to lift your spirits. In the uk, rivers as well as groundwater reserves are teeming with the antidepressant Prozac, reveals an Environment Agency

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Water Resources, Drinking Water, Drugs, United Kingdom (UK)
Pesticides And Toxins

Report of joint committee on pesticide residues in and safet y standards for soft drinks, fruit juice and other beverages

A report of analysis of pesticide residues in soft drinks conducted by Centre for Science and Environment(CSE), was made public on 5th August, 2003. This Report was covered very prominently by both electronic and print media. In the Report it was stated that CSE found pesticide residues, in the samples of 12 soft drinks brands procured by it from open market in Delhi.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2004
Lok Sabha Secretariat
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Pesticides, Soft Drinks, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Regulation, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Insecticides Act 1968, Pesticide Residues, CSE
Climate Change

 24/7 water supply

Three villages in West Bengal s Darjeeling district also export organic tea

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
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Organic Farming, Tea, Drinking Water, West Bengal, Darjiling (D)
Water Pollution

 Cess, minister

Even the polluters paid up. But not Gujarat s government

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
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Water Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Drinking Water, High Court, Governance, Gujarat
Agriculture

 Common intent

Some uncommon proposals in UPA s maiden budget

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Clifford Polycarp
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Agriculture, Water Resources, Drinking Water, Irrigation, Rural Development, Finance, Governance, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

 Water riddles

I travelled in Kerala last fortnight, seeking answers. I wanted to know what government was doing to meet the drinking water needs of people in this wet drought state. Searching in villages and

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
Sunita Narain
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Water Resources, Wells, Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, Governance, Kerala
Water Resources

 Manipulating the flow

Israel has drawn up a clandestine plan for a giant desalination plant to supply drinking water to the Palestinian territory in West Bank. Apparently this is a ploy to retain control of the region's

Publication Date: 
29/06/2004
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Drinking Water, Israel
Water Resources

 Shoring up

Concern over contaminant in Washington s water

Publication Date: 
29/06/2004
Lopamudra Banerjee Dhar
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Lead, Water Resources, Drinking Water, Legislation, United States Of America (US)
Transport

 Drink this

Bhopal tragedy victims to get water supply 20 years too late

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Down to Earth
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Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Supreme Court, Toxic Wastes
Industry

 Time for the future to win

Elections 2004 are over. Was it a vote for development, social inclusion and justice? Or simply a vote against an incumbent government, flattened by sleazy and slick self promotion? The answer is

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Sunita Narain
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Water Resources, Drinking Water, Irrigation, Governance, Parliament, Political Parties, Politics, India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

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