Warming up to kill

Deaths, diseases to increase with rising temperatures: WHO

News for cooks

Frying meat on gas stove frees compounds that damage genes

Not immune to threat

A compound commonly found in fungicides and pesticides causes irreversible damage to our immune system

A holiday in bad air

Book>> Visit Sunny Chernobyl And Other Adventures In The World’s Most Polluted Places • by Andrew Blackwell • Rodale Books &…

British TV crucifies India's nuclear programme

Using cloak-and-dagger techniques and with help from willing critics, a British television crew does a hatchet job on India's nuclear programme.

Exploring the spirit of Indian science

Two interesting congresses to be held soon will focus on indigenous science and technology. Another programme, launched recently in the Capital, …

Naseeruddin does better than Streep

The puckish wit of the actor-turned-anchorperson in Turning Point has contributed to the popularity of the programme

Anti bodies

Pesticides -- on the face of it, ordinary chemicals to contain pests, but in reality, deadly killers which could deliver the ultimate blow by …

Lurking threat

Nascent, nasty and lethal, ozone has risen to dangerous levels in Delhi, and is increasing in various cities -- damaging human health and …

Capping toxic chemicals

A regional pact in Geneva proposes to ban or restrict the use of persistent organic pollutants

DISTRESS SIGNALS

New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback

DYING FOR PROGRESS

The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation

Pesticides banned

In the US, two widely-used pesticides are banned for their toxicity, even as it is used indiscriminately in India

Poisoning the Yamuna

A study on polychlorinated biphenyls in five stations along the Yamuna river indicates the presence of high levels of these toxic pollutants in …

Chimney sweepers

Industrial production threatens to shroud all economic development activities in layers of smog

Road to hell

Emissions from two-stroke vehicles and diesel have contributed to the eight-fold rise in vehicular pollution in two decades

More bites for India!

Though eco-friendly alternatives are available, the government's malaria control programme banks heavily on use of hazardous chemicals

Big tobacco comes under the hammer

A Miami jury slams unprecedented punitive damages on tobacco companies, who will appeal the verdict

Up in smoke

US state governments misuse funds meant for curbing smoking; A US anti-tobacco negotiator quits

Free fruit, free pesticides

The story of uk's five-a-day school meal programme

Sustainable solutions

BOOK >> A Community Guide to Environmental Health Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem Hesperian Foundation June 2008

The Menace Within

Project to review the impact of indoor air pollution

Womb woes

Pollution can lead to birth defects

Double crime

Mushrooming ill-effects