West Bengal

Bengal floods kills 893

at least 893 people have died and 18 million rendered homeless in flood-ravaged West Bengal. Official reports indicated that the death toll might reach 1000. The state chief minister has

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Floods, West Bengal

Air Pollution

Air pollution in Calcutta elicits adverse pulmonary reaction in children

Pulmonary responses of children chronically exposed to ambient air pollution in Calcutta have been investigated. A total number of 153 children from Calcutta and 116 from rural West Bengal in the age group of 6-17 yr were included in this study. Respiratory symptom complex, sputum cytology and micronucleus (MN) count of buccal epithelial cells were evaluated.

Publication Date:

01/07/2000

Author(s): Twisha Lahiri, Senjuti Roy, Chandreyi Basu & et al

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research

Vol:

112

Issue:

0

pp:

21

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Child Health, Respiratory Diseases, Calcutta (T), West Bengal

Air Pollution

False comfort

travelling in the comfort of an air-

Publication Date:

14/05/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Automobiles, West Bengal

Health

Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India

Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible limit of 50

Publication Date:

01/05/2000

Author(s): Uttam K. Chowdhury, Bhajan K. Biswas, Tarit Roy Chowdhury & et al

Source: Environmental Health Perspectives

Vol:

108

Issue:

5

pp:

0

Tags:

Arsenic, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Health, Groundwater Quality, Bangladesh, West Bengal

Health

Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal

In some areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, concentrations of As in groundwater exceed guide concentrations, set internationally and nationally at 10 to 50 ?g l?1 and may reach levels in the mg l?1 range. The As derives from reductive dissolution of Fe oxyhydroxide and release of its sorbed As.

Publication Date:

30/04/2000

Author(s): R. T. Nickson, J. M. McArthur, P. Ravenscroft & et al

Source: Applied Geochemistry

Vol:

15

Issue:

4

pp:

403

Tags:

Arsenic, Groundwater, Groundwater Quality, Bangladesh, West Bengal, Health, Health Effects

Industry

Sunderbans threatened

the marine life in the Sunderban region of West Bengal faces increasing threat owing to indiscriminate exploitation of bio-organisms and intense commercial activities in the neighbouring areas.

Publication Date:

29/04/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution Control, Sundarbans, Crustaceans, Fish, Endangered Species, West Bengal, Extinct Species

Air Pollution

Island of hope

Sagar island will become a model for solar energy use

Publication Date:

30/01/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Islands, Diesel, Solar Energy, Energy Technology, West Bengal

India

New aquaculture project

an ambitious aquaculture project is on the anvil at Nayachar in Haldia, West Bengal. The state government hopes that the project will generate employment opportunities for the locals and give a

Publication Date:

14/11/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Aquaculture, Unemployment, West Bengal

India