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South Australia to ban junk food adverts

WHO guide on clean indoor air

South Asia

Poisoned Holi

Lead delays puberty

Increased levels of lead suppress reproductive hormones

Insurance against dirty water supply

Make water utilities accountable to public first, say activists

Workers fall ill

Heat behind rise in mystery fever?

Yet to identify a pathogen, Bihar officials say fever cases rising because of high temperature

Fatal exposure

Workers exposed to pesticides over a long period of time may run the risk of contracting cancer

Today's profits, tomorrow's losses

Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity

Fiery volcanoes fact of life for Filipinos

Natural disasters are trying times for people and a test of government ability and determination to handle crises. In the Philippines, the …

Helping slum-dwellers to help themselves

Involving the community in slum improvement has worked successfully in the Philippines and Mexico. Hidebound bureaucrats in the Third World, who …

Traditional cures back in vogue

Ancient health care systems such as ayurveda are gaining popularity once again as people become wary of allopathy and the hazards it involves.

Fighting for a safer workplace

Workers often fail to get proper medical treatment because they are mostly ignorant of occupational diseases.

Dying in stages

Thirty million HIV-infected people in the world live in developing nations. With no cures in sight, all they can do is wait for death. And lack …

Smoky flashback

JAPAN’S EXPERIENCE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST AIR POLLUTION· Takamitsu Sawal ·The pollution-related health damage compensation and …

Fowl play

January 3, and all is not well in Hong Kong. With four people dead, and 11 confirmed and six suspected cases of A (H5N1) infection, the new …

Prevention is the only cure

Diseases due to change in the environment are on the rise, especially in India. Olavi Elo , World Health Organization (who) representative in …

Nuclear nightmare

Japan is hit by yet another nuclear accident. Low safety standards and tardy government action aggravates the situation

Playing with poison

It is better to act early, than wait for ddt to take its toll on humans

Living in Hell

Residents of Peera Garhi, a village in outer Delhi, are having to deal with a nightmare. A highly polluting plastics industry is to blame

Sweet smell of death

Chemicals from cosmetics, adhesives and plastics can disrupt hormone function and cause birth defects

Playing God

The creation of the first artificial dna gives rise to endless possibilities