Bangalore, PTI: These cook stoves are now being made available in more than 700 villages in Karnataka and 300 villages in Tamil Nadu through a multi-tier distribution strategy. They will be introduced across the country in a phased manner. For rural women exposed to hazardous toxic emissions and smoke from burning biomass like wood, crop waste and animal dung during cooking, there is now cause for cheer.

Pune July 06 Jarden Consumer Solutions has launched its newly designed Bionaire tower airpurifier with permanent HEPA-Type filter. The Bionaire tower air purifier is certified globally by Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers and British Allergy Foundation. A press release stated that "The air purifier is an effective solution to the all-pervasive problem of indoor pollution. Bionaire Tower Air Purifier can filter out airborne particles including smoke, fine dust, bad oduor, harmful organic gases, bacteria and viruses as small as 0.3 Micron .'

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A study by NGO Toxics Link has found extremely high levels of lead in the dust collected from Delhi homes. Lead is known to be harmful, especially for children and pregnant women, and the study indicates that the primary cause for high lead levels was paints.

Britain has launched a first ever probe into health threats posed to passengers by contaminated air in planes after complaints of nausea and dizziness during and after flights. The investigation into health threats posed by air circulating in aircraft, announced by British aviation minister Jim Fitzpatrick, follows complaints from pilots and passengers of nausea, dizziness and other health problems during and after air travels.

ALREADY acknowledged as one of the leaders in environmentally-friendly construction, India could surpass the United States within four years to become the country with the most space covered by 'green buildings', according to the agency that sets standards and certifies eco-friendly realestate development. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), which today has about 110 million sq ft of green real estate registered with it, is targeting a nearly ten-fold increase in eco-friendly property development to a billion sq ft, the council's chairman Prem C Jain said.

Sydney: Ever heard of "occupational asthma'? That's asthma caused by exposure to allergens present in the average office