Papered over

Plastic interest

Fast and fatal

The furious march of the fast food industry

QED

Scientific proof that pesticides harm the human body

Lucky children

EPA head's selfish act averts pesticide danger on children

DBCP spells trouble

Packaged and enriched

Sale of loose oil banned in Gujarat

Public holiday with a difference

High nicotine in US cigarettes perpetuates tobacco pandemic

Treat a fever, get a wheeze

Pumpkin a day

Sweet success

At 20...40...60 km per hour

Against Cola advertisements

How to make curcumin cure better

Chikungunya hits West Bengal

167 persons take ill

Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

Cycle beats car

Health benefits of cycling outweigh risks of pollution, accident

How many can India relocate?

Iodine deficiency causes mental handicap

Chandrakant Pandav , additional professor, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, is a leading member …

The night the air turned poisonous

...the much-flouted crisis management system failed to activate itself, leaving the residents of Kardampuri colony in Delhi gasping for breath

Charges of poisoning

Using automobile batteries both Indian and foreign, Clandestine lead-smelting units near the Delhi border have played havoc with the health of …

The gassing of a village

A petroleum product factory continues to chug out its poison, despite a decade of protests and official ire

Waste pays

Minimising the production of waste in industries saves raw material and, because it reduces the quantity of pollutants, lowers the cost of …

Useful guide to industrial pollution

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN JAPAN Editor : Jun Ui Publisher: United Nations University Press, 1992 Price not stated