Industry

 Faster checks

DETERMINING biological oxygen demand (BOD), an important pollution indicator, from urban sewage wastes will now be easier and faster. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in

Publication Date: 
30/01/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Industry
Poverty

 Children: victims of war and poverty

WAR HAS emerged as a major child-killer in the 1980s. Some 1.5 million children died in conflicts; Five million were turned into refugees and another 12 million were rendered homeless. War caused

Publication Date: 
Monday, June 29, 1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Children, Poverty, War, Statistics

Pages