Water Resources

 Puddle muddle

A division bench of the High Court (HC) of Kerala has restrained the Municipal Corpora

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
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Waterlogging, Legislation, High Court, Kerala
India

 Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
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Health Effects, Child Health, Mental Health, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
Mining

 Toxic taint

Heavy metal in cola sludge

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
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Soft Drinks, Heavy Metals, Industrial Waste, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal
Climate Change

 Lifeline choked

Climate change to aggravate Kochi s problems

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
M Suchitra
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Waterlogging, Climate Change, Floods, Solid Waste, Kerala
India

 Clean Thiruvananthapuram, but dirty Villappilsala

Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala was once known as the cleanest city in India. Today, it is littered with garbage

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
R Mohan
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Water Pollution, Health Effects, Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Conversion, India, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D), Waste Recycling
India

 Shady deal?

Corruption charges are flying thick and fast against Kerala forest minister K Sudhakaran and the state forest department (fd). The opposition Left Democratic Front (ldf) has accused Sudhakaran of

Publication Date: 
14/08/2003
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Forest Resources, Forest Personnel, India, Kerala, Corruption
Pesticides And Toxins

Health hazards of aerial spraying of endosulphan in Kasaragod district, Kerala: report of the expert committee

Environmental effects of aerial spraying of Endosulphan at the Cashew plantations of Kasaragod District is a burning issue during the past few years and now also in Kerala. Endosulphan aerial spraying was done in Kasaragod District by Plantation Corporation during the last 24 years.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2003
Government of Kerala
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Pesticides, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Thiruvananthapuram, Government of Kerala
India

 Rash of ailments

Followed by new scheme to track diseases

Publication Date: 
30/07/2003
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Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Epidemics, India, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal
India

 Film review: The turtle people

The Turtle People is ostensibly about a fishing community in village Kolavipalayam, Kerala, that help Olive Ridley turtles. Sea turtles are an endangered species about 10,000 get killed by trawlers every year; the beaches they lay eggs on are unprotected

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
Krishnendu Bose
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Turtles, India, Kerala
India

 Land of the Free

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Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
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Food Crops, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Fast Foods, Food Storage, Trade, Rural Habitat, Urbanisation, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity, China, India, Assam, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Developing Countries, Statistics

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