Fisheries

Beware! dry fish may be harmful

Dry fish is a popular delicacy lapped up across the country, but consumption of it is also hazardous for human health as the preservative used in keeping them dry is highly toxic.
Dry fish traders at Kharinasi, Ramnagar and Paradip on the Bay of Bengal widely use the preservative to keep the fish dry for longer for export to states like West Bengal, Assam and Chattishgarh.
Test of samples of a p

Publication Date: 
24/09/2010
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Fish, Toxicity Studies, Hazardous Products, Health Effects
Water Pollution

Toxicity evaluation of ozonation treated textile dyeing wastewater

Toxicity evaluation is an important parameter in wastewater quality monitoring as it provides the complete response of test organisms to all compounds in wastewater. Grab samples of raw and ozonated textile dyeing wastewater was collected from the textile mill in Erode, Tamil Nadu.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
S. Kanmani, M. Sridevi Karpagavalli
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
30
9
757
Tags:
Textile Industry, Erode (D), Tamil Nadu, Industrial Waste Treatment, Toxicity Studies, Water Pollution
Health

Lead and bisphenol A concentrations in the Canadian population

Bisphenol A, a widely used chemical that Canada is banning from baby
bottles, is present in the bodies of 91 percent of Canadians, according
to a report that shows just how prevalent the controversial chemical is
in daily life.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2010
Tracey Bushnik, Douglas Haines, Patrick Levallois & et al
Statistics Canada
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Canada, Health Effects, Lead, Toxicity Studies, Health