India

 Landfill emissions poison breastmilk

After finding high levels of dioxin related compounds in breast milk of women living near landfills, a Vadodara based non governmental organisation intends to file a public interest litigation PIL against the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the Vado

Publication Date: 
14/01/2004
Suverchala Kashyap
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pollution Control, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Breast Feeding, Dioxin, WHO, NGO, Gujarat, Statistics, Toxins
Air Pollution

 Bytes

organic reservoir: Spreading an ultra-thin layer of organic molecules on the surface of reservoirs could prevent millions of cubic metres of water evaporating each year, according to Flexible

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pesticides, Water Conservation, Canada, Malaria, Health Care, Hepatitis, Energy Surveys, Electricity, Research, WHO, Japan, European Union (EU), Toxins
Sanitation

 Soap scheme doesn t wash

Local people of Kerala upset over being sermonised on hygiene

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Sanitation, WHO, World Bank, Kerala
Health

 Under review

FAO and WHO to carry out the first evaluation of Codex Alimentarius

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Tags:
Food Standards, Health, FAO, WHO, Developing Countries
Industry

 Killer industries

the death rate in Italy's industrial regions is higher than the less industrial ones, reveals a recent World Health Organisation (who) report. Covering the period from 1990 to 1994, the

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Cancer, Industry, WHO, Italy
Industry

 Deadly games

A new report accuses Big Tobacco of sabotaging WHO's efforts to fight smoking

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Smoking, Industry, WHO, United States Of America (US), Corruption
Industry

 The Marlboro people

Indian companies are learning how to fight the civil society from their Western counterparts

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
Anil Agarwal
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Tags:
Health Effects, Smoking, Industry, WHO, Anil Agarwal, Politics, India
Water Pollution

 Mercurial problem

Too much of mercury causes infertility in men. And it can also come in the fish you eat

Publication Date: 
14/08/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fish, Drugs, WHO, Toxins
Sanitation

  Health watch

Life expectancy in India will be 71 by the year 2025, says the latest World Health Report

Publication Date: 
14/06/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Population, Health Care, Aged, WHO
Wildlife

 CHINA

China has found its biggest threat yet. Pollution. With 178,000 annual deaths being attributed to urban pollution, the nation's leaders have become keenly sensitive to the issue and going by the

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Global Warming, WHO, China, Statistics

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