Agriculture

Reshaping agriculture and nutrition linkages for food and nutrition security

Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Sponsored Short Course on Reshaping Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages for Food and Nutrition Security is being organized at ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR - CRIDA), Hyderabad during 17-26, November 2016.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2016
K Sreedevi Shankar, R Nagarjuna Kumar, Pushpanjali, & et al
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Nutrition, Climate Change, Food Crops, India, Health, Carbon Dioxide, Heavy Metals, Food Process Industry, Plant Breeding, Legumes
Pesticides And Toxins

Analysis of heavy metals accumulation in mangroves and associated mangroves species of Ennore mangrove ecosystem, East Coast India

This study is to collect the samples of true mangrove plant, associated mangrove plants, water and sediments from Ennore Mangrove Ecosystem and the samples are analyzed for heavy metals accumulation.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2016
N. Kannan, N. Thirunavukkarasu, A. Suresh & et al
Indian Journal of Science and Technology
9
46
1-12
Tags:
Mangroves, Heavy Metals, Ecosystems, Tamil Nadu, Wetlands, Pollution
Health

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxic Elements in Soft Drinks, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxic Elements in Soft Drinks, 29/11/2016. Samples of food items are picked up for testing and analysis by the State/UT Food Safety Departments from time to time. Separate data about samples of soft drinks having been tested/found not conforming to specified standards, has not been compiled centrally.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Toxins, Soft Drinks, Heavy Metals, Soft Drinks Industry, India, Health Effects, Parliament
Health

Heavy metals in soft drinks: Food Safety Commissioner directs ADMOs to inspect

Bhubaneswar: State Food Safety Commissioner on Thursday ordered Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) to collect samples of soft drinks from their respective districts and submit information.

Publication Date: 
25/11/2016
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Heavy Metals, Food Safety, Municipal Corporations, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Health Effects
Health

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxins in Aerated Drinks, 22/11/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxins in Aerated Drinks, 22/11/2016. The All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH), Kolkata, had conducted a study on leaching of toxics from bottles used for packaging of soft drinks. AIIH & PH entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Test House (NTH), Kolkata

Publication Date: 
22/11/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Toxins, Soft Drinks, Heavy Metals, India, Parliament, Health Effects
Water Pollution

Heavy metals, pesticides in Ganga, CPCB tells National Green Tribunal

The tribunal has asked the Centre to submit a note detailing the state of river Ganga and how it has deteriorated

Publication Date: 
18/11/2016
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Haridwar (D), Heavy Metals, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Origin of Hexavalent Chromium in drinking water wells from the piedmont aquifers of North Carolina

Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a known pulmonary carcinogen. Recent detection of Cr(VI) in drinking water wells in North Carolina has raised public concern about contamination of drinking water wells by nearby coal ash ponds. Here we report, for the first time, the prevalence of Cr and Cr(VI) in drinking water wells from the Piedmont region of central North Carolina, combined with a geochemical analysis to determine the source of the elevated Cr(VI) levels.

Publication Date: 
26/10/2016
Avner Vengosh, Rachel Coyte, Jonathan Karr & et al
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
1-6
Tags:
Wells, Groundwater Quality, United States Of America (US), Heavy Metals, Coal, Fly Ash, Thermal Power Plants
Environment

Scavengers at Zambia Mine Site Call Threat of Lead Poisoning Better Than Starvation

Now, with lead sulfide and zinc ore reserves seemingly exhausted, Kabwe, the capital of Zambia's Central Province, is a ghost town, local people say.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2016
Big News Network
Tags:
Environment, Mining, Lead, Heavy Metals, Pollution, Zambia, Africa, Health Effects, Child Health
Agriculture

Galamsey threatens cocoa production - Group

The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to the activities of illegal miners popularly called ‘Galamsey’.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2016
Ghana Web (Ghana)
Tags:
Agriculture, Ghana, Mining, Illegal Trade, Pollution, Heavy Metals, Land Degradation, Environment, Africa
Environment

Case agst PET packaging to favour glass industry, NGT told

An outfit representing PET container manufacturers today moved the National Green Tribunal against an NGO's plea for a ban on use of PET pacakaging, alleging that it was motivated by interests of t

Publication Date: 
21/10/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Glass Industry, Industrial Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), NGO, Heavy Metals, Plastics, Environment

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