Industry

 Grounded

Endosulfan aerial spraying banned in Kasaragod

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Tags:
Pollution, Pesticides, Health Effects, Endosulfan, Research, Legislation, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), CSE, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
Environment

 Parking poison

Coal based plants spew mercury

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Tags:
Pollution, Health Effects, Emissions Trading, Mercury, Environmental Science, Research, United States Of America (US), Coal Industry, Toxins
Health

 Genesis of malaria

A study links malaria to farming

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Tags:
Forests, Agriculture, Pesticides, Health Effects, Health
Economy

 Plastic conundrum

More than a 100 million tonnes of plastic is produced world-wide each year. Though plastics have opened the way for a plethora of new inventions and devices it has also ended up clogging the drains

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 30, 2001
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Tags:
Health Effects, Economy, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Asia, Europe, Waste Recycling
Environment

 UNITED NATIONS

The UN world food body has reached a landmark agreement for saving the diversity of agricultural crops. Members of the body, including the US, have decided to make it mandatory for plant breeders and

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Tags:
Environment, Plant Breeding, Health Effects, Compensation, Crop Biodiversity, UN, War, United States Of America (US), Crops
Industry

 Toxicity sealed!

Unilever shuts down its mercury concentration camp in Kodaikanal

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Tags:
Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Mercury, Industry, Greenpeace, India, Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal, Toxic Wastes

 Cosmetic concern

At a time when USA is banning MTBE , Indian public sector companies, with the blessings of the petroleum ministry babus, are promoting its use

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Sugar Industry, Ethanol, Diesel, Petrol, MTBE, Public Sector, Brazil, India, 24 Parganas (S), 24 Parganas (N), Health Effects
India

 A pinch of salt

the Union ministry of human resource development has directed all state governments to use only iodised salt in food given free of cost under their nutrition-related programmes. "The decision

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Tags:
Nutrition, Health Effects, Health, India
Natural Disasters

 Follow Up

On April 26, 2001, Ukrainians commemorated the darkest day in their history

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Tags:
Health Effects, Cancer, Natural Disasters, Radiation, Nuclear Accidents, Europe, Russia, Diseases, Chernobyl Disaster
Environment

 Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rican government recently passed a law that sets limits on the levels of noise to be permitted around the country's shorelines. The law is aimed at stopping the us navy's military

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Tags:
Environment, Health Effects, Legislation, Puerto Rico

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