A recent study has found that substandard anti-malarial drugs are being distributed in six African countries

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faced with increasing scientific evidence of pesticides-induced health disorders, the Punjab government has decided to begin a cancer registry programme. Adding to numerous health studies, two

Export-quality tomatoes labeled "Ready to Eat" in English flooded Mexico City markets on Thursday after a salmonella scare in the U.S. stopped them from crossing the border. There is no proof that Mexico provided the contaminated tomatoes that caused the alarm. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is still hunting for the source of the outbreak that has sickened at least 167 people in 17 U.S. states since mid-April.

Lawmakers voted Thursday to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that gained more urgency with an outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes.

Health Ministry Orders India's First Major Study To Find Out In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether excessive cellphone use could be having the same adverse effects on your health.

School and hospital premises would soon be out of bounds for mobile phone towers, the installation of which would now be governed according to international norms. The Government has adopted a new set of guidelines for limiting the exposure of human beings to electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile phones and their base stations. The new guidelines ask telecom companies to avoid installing base stations in schools or hospital premises because children and patients are more susceptible to electromagnetic fields.