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Feb 1-15, 1999
Cover Story
India's chief ministers are beginning to take note of environmental problems. But just about. The Centre for Science and Environment conducted a survey of Down To Earth readers and India's environmentalists. A report on the nature of the work carried out in different states
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By lowering the price of diesel, the government has compromised on the health, of its citizens
Hazardous materials from Taiwan were dumped in a village in Cambodia about a month ago. UnsuspeoAng villagers now complain of a host of diseases
War veterans in the US call for a post-mortem on the effects of Agent Orange
EPA investigators find serious lapses in the US air pollution control programme
The Chinese government introduces pollution-control measures
Timber companiesfrom Asia stand to lose millions of dollars if a
proposed law is passed by two cities in the US
Eagles in Japan are dying due to pesticides
There are 125 billion galaxies in the Universe
Interview
WALTER FERNANDES, director of programme for tribal studies in the New Delhi-based Indian Social Institute, is a vocal critic of Development projects that dislodge people and de...
Science & Technology
It is no use trying to save the rainforests, warns a new study
After killing trees by the millions, the Dutch elm disease finally meets its match
Researchers find ways to coax the paralysed to walk
'Tagged' viruses can warn us of an impending epidemic
A hi-tech 'pen' can soon make keyboards and mice obsolete
Lenoid meteor shower, the biggest astronomical non-event of 1998, caused hardly any damage to orbiting satellites
E-mail is ready to go visual as the 21st century approaches
Special Report
Residents of Peera Garhi, a village in outer Delhi, are having to deal with a nightmare. A highly polluting plastics industry is to blame
The Fortnight
The 20th century has taught us one thing. Use natural resources in a sustainable way or perish
Crosscurrent
...there's a Bhopal waiting to happen in the nooks and corners of the
country. But the government is yet to take the right steps to ensure
the safety of workers and the environment
Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.