India

 Caught in the web

Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
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Health Effects, Urbanisation, Rural Sanitation, Traditional Knowledge, Poverty, Education, India, Statistics
Industry

 Sitting Ducks

As polluting asbestos units and illegal mining thrive amid lax laws, lakhs of workers become easy prey for dreaded diseases

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
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Pollution, Mining, Asbestos, Health Effects, Cancer, Industrial Workers, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Industry, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Toxic Wastes
India

 Blasted out

Gubraida gram panchayat scripts a success story by bringing illegal mining to a halt

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Vibha Varshney
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Forests, Wastelands, Agriculture, Livestock, Mining, Health Effects, Industrial Workers, Tuberculosis, Legislation, India, Rajasthan
Climate Change

 Green eye in the sky

A voyage into space for a three dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Tags:
Montreal Protocol, Pollution, Health Effects, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Space Technology, France, South America
India

 New age ad

Advertisements need to be sensitive about health and environment issues

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Pollution, River Pollution, Health Effects, Education
Health

 Laxity to be probed

taking into account charges levelled against the French government, alleging that it had downplayed risks to public health after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a judge has ordered that

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Nuclear Research, Legislation, France
Agriculture

 Threat of a retardant

Highest level of toxic pbde found in Virginia fish

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Freshwater Ecosystems, Fish, Health Effects, Canada, Research, Legislation, Toxins
Industry

 Killer industries

the death rate in Italy's industrial regions is higher than the less industrial ones, reveals a recent World Health Organisation (who) report. Covering the period from 1990 to 1994, the

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Cancer, Industry, WHO, Italy
Fisheries

 Neocar syndrome

The interiors of new cars are full of toxic emissions

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Health Effects, Emissions Trading, Cars, Vehicles, Toxins
Health

 Spicy solution

Cloves can stop hazardous asbestos fibres from escaping into the air

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pollution Control, Spices, Asbestos, Health Effects, Cancer, Research, United States Of America (US), Toxins

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