India

 Poisoned staple

Death, food shortage in Kenya due to aflatoxin infected maize

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Down to Earth
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Maize, Health Effects, Kenya, Toxins
India

 A flavour of risk

Caffeine in soft drinks linked to high blood pressure

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Health Effects, Research, United States Of America (US), India, Toxins
India

 Scraping the barrel

No stock, nuclear energy programme in crisis

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, Nuclear Power, Compensation, Radiation, Occupational Health, Fast Breeders, Supreme Court, India, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya
India

 No plutonium to go on

But government says full steam ahead

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, Nuclear Power, Compensation, Radiation, Occupational Health, Fast Breeders, Supreme Court, India, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya
India

 Into the void

Two steps faltering, plan takes third step

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, Nuclear Power, Compensation, Radiation, Occupational Health, Fast Breeders, Supreme Court, India, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya
Agriculture

 Snippets

• Are you a smoker and want to quit? Doing that now can win you lakhs of rupees. The World Health Organization is sponsoring a

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Health Effects, Drought, Smoking, Space Technology, TV, Legislation, WHO, Awards
India

 Mucky transfer

Bangalore’s sewage contaminates Tamil Nadu’s water

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Ramya Viswanath
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Quality, Health Effects, Sanitation, Cholera, India, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 Experiments with established truth

Last fortnight, Down To Earth reported on the 'endosulfan scam'. On how an "expert" group, set up by the government to review safety concerns related to the pesticide and the health impacts on people living in the shadow of 20 years of incessant aerial spraying, had given the matter short shrift.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Sunita Narain
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Pesticides, Health Effects, Occupational Health, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Governance
Climate Change

 VOC slip up

USA miscalculates cancer risk

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Health Effects, Cancer, Research
India

 Foul delight

Chicken laced with arsenic

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Poultry, Animal Products, Arsenic, Health Effects, Cancer, Research, United States Of America (US), Toxins

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