Food A Bigger Culprit In India Than In The West, Says Study Madhavi Rajadhyaksha | TNN If you've been blaming your allergic cough, running nose and itchy skin on flowering trees or neighbourhood pets, it's time to do a rethink. Insects, particularly mosquitoes, cockroaches and dust mites, are to blame for nearly 50% of the allergies in India. And food

By Samarth Pathak Move over pollution in the forms of air, water and land. The latest menace reported to be affecting the environment is light pollution. Besides causing numerous health problems, it is also a major hindrance in the activities of night sky gazers. Delhi is now waking up to the harsh reality that visibility of celestial bodies in the city is reducing at an alarming rate due to luminous obstructions. Light pollution, which is a by-product of rapid industrialisation, poses a serious threat to urban people.

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Environmental pollution and consumption of polluted water are at the root of ever-shrinking life expectancy in countries like Pakistan where pollution fails to make to the top of the government's priority list, say speakers at a seminar on "Urban and Rural Environmental Issues'. The seminar organised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Sindhi Language Authority to mark the Earth Day on Monday urged the agency to act on all environmental issues of the province.

Meghalaya Chief Secretary Ranjan Chatterjee on Saturday asked miners in the State to adhere to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by them with the State Government to prevent taking outside

High concentrations of chlorine being used to purge salmonella from a southern Colorado town's water system were expected to drop far enough Saturday that residents could use the water for showering.

Where do you go when the burning rubbish dump near you emits the smell of burning plastic and you know it is toxic?