Many cities of the world reel under severe lead pollution as they continue using heavily leaded petrol. The case for the phasing out of lead is stronger than ever before
The English said it before. And the Australians have said it now. But the fact remains that New Delhi continues to display its polluted profile to visiting cricketers, so much so that the Australian
A 17-month air analysis in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, which ended recently, has found that lead pollution is the highest in the world here during the low-rain period. The analyis, carried out by
startling expressions of possible environmental degradation have been found in Minnesota, us . Deformed frogs have been seen in more than 100 sites in 54 of Minnesota's counties. At a recent
a new study conducted on 212 children in Michigan, us , has revealed that exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls ( pcb ), a common pollutant, while in their mothers' womb has led to a
china could soon pip us to become the world's largest air polluter, observes a recent report of the Worldwatch Institute, an international environment research group. It has already
A new technique that monitors emissions by detecting toxic substances right inside smokestacks, spells anathema for manufacturers who have been dodging pollution laws
indian metros are fast turning into virtual gas chambers as pollution levels have reached unmanageable proportions. Delhi, Calcutta and Mumbai rank fourth, sixth and 13th respectively among the 41