Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that resist degradation and bioaccumulate. Despite attempts to limit the use and distribution of these chemicals, they are still widely detected in the environment. Schecter et al.
A green-house experiment on three sub-tropical semi-arid soils was conducted to investigate the effect of different sludge types of coca-cola soft drink industry viz. water treatment plant sludge (WTS), effluent treatment plant sludge (ETPS) and filter cake sludge (FCS) applied @1.0, 2.0 and 4.0 per cent on dry matter yield and heavy metal content in Palak.
In certain areas of Varanasi city, waste water from Dinapur sewage treatment plant is used for irrigating vegetable plots. We quantified the concentrations of heavy metals, viz. Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in soil, vegetables and the waste water used for irrigation. The waste water used for irrigation had the highest concentration of Zn followed by Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu and Cd.
CLOSE on the heels of the spurious drugs scam expose, doubts are being raised if fake food products distribution network is in operation as a fourmonth-old baby collapsed a few minutes after she was fed with Lactogen No 1, a baby food supplement, that was later found to be contaminated and infested with worms, in Vyasarpadi.
Mumbai: After jaundice, it is now gastroenteritis.
The problem is worse, doctors say, because new cases are being reported every day.
At least 1,175 patients were treated for the disease in March, according to BMC records. A health department official said 39 people were admitted to hospitals on Tuesday and 43 on Wednesday.
A multiple drug-resistant (amoxycillin + clavulanic acid, ampicillin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone) Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow was detected in a fresh milk sample out of the 58 samples collected from different dairies in and around Bareilly. Although present only in one
