Do you want a country full of cars? Cars cause cancer. Scientists can even measure the cancer potency levels of the cars we ride. The so called cancer potency index has emerged as an important tool for risk assessment the world over. But think twice bef

The cancer causing potential of diesel cars is more than twice that of petrol cars in India

Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce

... from a German study confirming the carcinogenicity of the devil in the tank and the engine

A man who has done commendable work in afforestation remains hidden from the limelight

There s more to diesel than cancer. And at the receiving end is poor people

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans chalked out for a sustainable future. The process is bringing about a change, worthy of note, but hard issues li

Despite a few sceptics, trade in fair products gets a headstart

Measurements and models show that enhanced aerosol concentrations can augment cloud albedo not only by increasing total droplet cross-sectional area, but also by reducing precipitation and thereby increasing cloud water content and cloud coverage. Aerosol pollution is expected to exert a net cooling influence on the global climate through these conventional mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate an opposite mechanism through which aerosols can reduce

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