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Aug 15-31, 2001
Cover Story
Dioxins, which are by-products of industrial processes, are not volatile and are extremely persistent chemicals. They bioaccumulate up the food chain easily as they dissolve readily in oils, fats and non-polar solvents. Dioxins are among the deadliest chemicals known to humans. Yet its murky politics tries to downplay the health threat
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India's first public hearing on the effects of a nuclear installation was a statement on how the country's nuclear establishment is run
The Bush administration has passed a bill that permits oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
For his outstanding work in rainwater harvesting, Rajendra Singh gets the Magsaysay award
An amendment to the Orissa forest act gives sweeping powers to forest officials
About US $100 million worth of global greenhouse gas emissions have been traded since 1996
Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to punish polluting petrol stations
Reckless use of pesticides led to fish deaths in Delhi
Is the VHP calling the shots as far as the fate of the Tehri dam is concerned?
Interview
One of the pioneers of the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) theory, Thomas Lindhqvist believes that plastic waste management will become incr...
Science & Technology
Biomonitoring of contaminants comes of age
Solar plants have proved to be a great boon for villagers of Sunderbans who relied on kerosene wick-lamps
Water body and trees around the building provide cooling effect
Another pacific phenomenon holds up the wild child
Global temperature to rise by alarming 2-4C
New evidence shows some plantations could actually increase global warming
Benzene-eating microorganisms isolated
Protein functioning is deciphered, unlocking more of life's secrets
Researchers try to find the reasons for failing cloning experiments
A cell tracks its chromosomes in order to split
Exposure to ddt increases the risk of child mortality
A study links malaria to farming
Cancer could result from a disease -countering trick gone wrong
Special Report
Did Kerala's Regional Cancer Centre use
unsuspecting patients as guinea pigs to conduct drug tests?
Life & Nature
Large-scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife-human conflict in recent times
Feature
Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to implement the international treaty to combat global warming giving away too many concessions to polluting countries
The Fortnight
Scientists claim to have found the first evidence of life from outer space
Leader
Crosscurrent
A study on urban biodiversity is relevant to understand the human impact on environment
The French system of orgin labelling can be adopted for Indian medicine
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