A significant source of urban air pollution is the combustion of fuels by power plants, industrial boilers,

toxic substances have been found in the air downwind from Toronto, Canada's capital. These were most likely released by the dumping of polyvinyl chloride ( pvc ), say environmental

Pesticides kill insects. Then, they poison animals and birds. Humans are hardly out of reach

Pesticides can render birds sterile. Migratory birds can lose sense of direction. The recent history of the world is full of many such examples ess

A crippling lack of data prevents researchers from reaching conclusions

Hard manual labour may actually reduce the risk of breast cancer in women

What can we do to save the birds and ourselves from the chemical menace?

CSE confirms the presence of pesticides in animal carcasses, vultures’ main food source

Schools in Tehran are closed due to pollution

There were 2,000 vultures in Bharatpur s Keoladeo National Park during the 1980s. In 1998 experts could spot only four . Ornithologist Asad Rahmani fears that the vulture is disappearing throughout India. To find out the reason for this decline,

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