Climate Change

 Cooking the goose...

Chidambaram has given a thrust to industrial development. But by failing to balance this development with environmental concerns, he has cooked the goose of millions

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Anil Agarwal
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Diesel, Automobiles
Water Pollution

 Fluorosis attack

SO FAR, West Bengal had been outside the fluoride map of the country which covers 13 other states. It has now been reported that contaminated water was coming out of tubewells running to a depth of

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Health Effects, Fluorosis
Biodiversity

 DISEASE DETAILS

According to a recent report, about 25,000 workers in the bidi, zarda and gul factories in the northern part of Bangladesh are suffering from several diseases including tuberculosis and

Publication Date: 
14/03/1997
Down to Earth
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Health Effects, Women, Children, Bangladesh
Climate Change

 Poison river

Mythology has named Yamuna after the sister of Yama, the Hindu God of death. With the presence of toxic pesticides and chemicals in the river, this nomenclature seems prophetic

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
Max Martin, Rajat Banerji
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
Climate Change

 The segments

Segment I: Himalayan: From source to Tajewala; 172 km Segment II: Upper: From Tajewala to Wazirabad; 224 km Segment III: Delhi: Wazirabad barrage to Okhla barrage; 22 km Segment IV:

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
Climate Change

 How much. And from where

Delhi gets its water from the following sources off the Yamuna

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
India

 Spare parts... any takers?

The ethics of transplanting an organ from one species to another is debatable as the dangers involved are too many and unknown

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
Raj Kishor Khaware
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Health Effects, Organ Transplant, Biotechnology
India

 The eutrophicated segment and Agra

Agra’s residents drink the waters of the Yamuna which become a ‘green soup’ in the fourth segment

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
India

 The French connection

The French manner of dealing with an apathetic government needs to be replicated in the Indian context

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
India

 Draining Delhi

The capital s drains are the biggest contributors to the pollution

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)

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