Heavy weights

AI

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
Down to Earth
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Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater Assessment, Heavy Metals, Groundwater Pollutants, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Industrial Pollution, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Gujarat, Bharuch

 Left, right

If there are many left turns on a road, then a bus lane on the extreme left will hamper other traffic turning left or turning into traffic. It also means that every time the bus has to stop for

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Climate Mitigation, Public Transport, Cars, High Capacity Bus, Parking Policy, Congestion, Congestion Pricing, Traffic Accidents, India, Delhi

 Safe ride

Cyclists rarely figure in debates on traffic but if you take the BRT corridor early morning it will be difficult to miss hundreds of commuters pedalling to work on the bicycle lane. On average

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30/05/2008
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Climate Mitigation, Public Transport, High Capacity Bus, Parking Policy, Traffic Accidents, India, Delhi

 Traffic stress

A study on stress levels among bus drivers in Los Angeles shows association between exposure to peak traffic conditions and on-the-job elevations of urinary catecholamines, stress-related hormones.

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30/05/2008
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Public Transport, Cars, High Capacity Bus, Congestion, Traffic Accidents, India, Delhi
Health

 The M in IMA

recently, the Indian Medical Association (ima) earned the dubious distinction of being the first association of medical professionals in the world to endorse a food brand. And that too of a company best known for its brands of non-nutritive and unsafe carbonated beverages. Going by the law of the land, this "endorsement' is illegal. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 clearly makes it illegal to label foods as wothy of being recommended by the medical profession.

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30/05/2008
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Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Processed Foods, PepsiCo, Fruit Juice Industry, Health Effects, Health Policy, Health Personnel, India

 No public transport?

On April 21, a small stretch of road in a congested corner of south Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, turned into an epicentre of chaos, confusion and downright indignation.

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30/05/2008
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Climate Mitigation, Transport, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Cars, High Capacity Bus, Parking Policy, Parking Pricing, Congestion, Congestion Pricing, Traffic Accidents, India, Delhi

 IMA to endorse PepsiCo's food products

the Indian Medical Association (ima) will now endorse PepsiCo's Tropicana fruit juices and its breakfast cereal Quaker Oats

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
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Nutrition, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Processed Foods, PepsiCo, Fruit Juice Industry, Health Effects, Health Policy, Health Personnel, Pesticides And Toxins, India

 Caravan to disaster

A Down To Earth report on the unsustainable growth of personal vehicles. This situation could have been averted had public transport not been neglected.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Public Transport, Cars, High Capacity Bus, Congestion, Congestion Pricing, Traffic Accidents, India, Delhi
Health

Nicotine monitors released

After several hurdles, a consignment of air-monitoring devices that calculate nicotine levels in buildings has finally reached the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), which is coordinating with the Health Ministry in its fight against tobacco. With the aim of making Delhi, Chennai, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad smoke-free, Johns Hopkins University sent 160 air-nicotine monitors

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Air Pollution, Tobacco, Health Effects, Air Quality Monitoring, Tuberculosis, Delhi
Hazardous Waste

Centre to set up panel to help Bhopal gas leak victims

The Government has agreed to set up a panel to help victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, which has till now killed more than 15,000 people. On Thursday morning, Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan visited Jantar Mantar where the Bhopal survivors have been protesting for the last two months and read out a two-page statement authorised by the Prime Minister. The statement said India would press the US company which now owns Union Carbide to clean up the site.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
Tags:
Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)

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