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P E S T I C I D E S & H
E A L T H
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12 brands
of cold drinks put to the test the coolest
event of our times. As it turns out, Pepsi, Mountain Dew,
Diet Pepsi, Mirinda orange, Mirinda lemon, Blue Pepsi,
7-Up, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, and Thums Up
are indeed colanisation's dirty dozen... |
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 Risky
contact
Pesticides cause serious health effects among US farm
workers |
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A
lie is nailed
Soft drinks do contain pesticides, declares JPC |
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 A
Refreshing Guide To Food Safety
There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises.
We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance
in India is lackadaisical. Still, the extent of irresponsibility
never fails to surprise... |
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 Children of endosulfan
A hard-hitting exposé
on several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village.
Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan
by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala
Endosulfan conspiracy
Following the test results released by the CSE Lab, the
pesticide industry connived with government officials
and scientists in Kerala to lift the ban on the deadly
pesticide Endosulfan |
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Justified
text
Weight lent to endosulfan study discarded by officials |
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E A L T H & P O L I C Y |
| Smoking
out death |
| Tax
burden on HIV patients |
Pox
permit
WHO allows genetic modification of smallpox virus |
What
ethics?
Human clinical trial case exposes ICMR’s irresponsibility
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Dark
zone endures
The Ballia administration isn’t combatting local arsenic
menace |
It’s
up to the people
US government’s guidelines for ‘good food’ quite mild
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Check
the vaccine
Why are children developing polio even after inoculation?
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Give
up!
Health and environmental costs of tobacco use far surpass
the revenue generated by the sector |
Rethink
required
On hepatitis B vaccination |
| Bracing
for germ attacks |
Giant
leap forward
Bureau of Indian Standards frames draft norms for pesticide
residues in soft drinks |
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Jagged
track
Global AIDS meet underlines daunting task, hurdles |
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POPs
goes the government
India's chemicals industry opposes the Stockholm convention.
Greens demand ratification |
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Another
opportunity lost
This year's UN Commission on Sustainable Development meet
provided no roadmap to attain Millennium Development Goals
on water, sanitation and human settlements. |
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| "Governments
should try for 100 per cent pure water" |
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It
was always measly
Post-liberalisation, public funding in health care has
reached a
nadir - AMIT SENGUPTA |
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Deadly
shortcomings
Estimates of short-term pesticide exposure require revision |
Not
enough
Treatment has reached many but tuberculosis still kills
millions |
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N V I R O N M E N T & D I S E A S E |
Deliberate
poisoning
Will a study ubdyce government to check contamination
of waterbodies by arsenic from coalmines? |
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"Water
is a national resource"
GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland
tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there should be a regulatory framework
to manage water resources nationally |
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Inhuman
trials
Doubts cloud foreign firm's hepatitis drug tests in India |
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Intrinsic
link
Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt |
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Towering
menace
Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health |
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It's
about silicosis
It's also about not compensating suffering mineworkers |
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WATER MANAGEMENT
