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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2011
HEALTH
Chemical alert
Occupational exposure to a chemical used in dry-cleaning solutions and to degrease car parts raises the risk of Parkinson’s disease six-fold. Scientists linked Trichloroethylene to the brain disorder after studying 99 sets of twins. One in each pair was a sufferer of the illness, which can cause limb tremors. The US Environmental Protection Agency says the chemical is a carcinogen. Annals of Neurology, November 14 (online)
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Letters
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2011
Sundarbans in peril
This refers to the article, “The secret garden” (November 1- 15, 2011). The Sundarbans is one of the largest mangrove forests and home to the famous Royal Bengal Tiger and numerous fauna, including spotted deer. Situated in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta of the Bay of Bengal, the forests cover an area of 10,000 sq km, of which about 4,000 sq km lies in India. The rest is in Bangladesh. In 1987 it became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site. But today the ecology of the Sundarbans is at risk due to illegal felling of trees and rampant poaching.
Whales’ killer ways
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2011
ABBC film crew has captured footage of killer whales working together to create waves to sweep their vulnerable prey into the water. Scientists who worked with the film crew said the sequence filmed for BBC documentary Frozen Planet offers new insights into killer whale ecology.
Lost in woods
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2011
A rift has been created between the Bangladesh government and activists. Reason: a bill that gives powers to the government to declare forest areas protected while pushing for co-management of forests by authorities and communities. Activists say the bill, if passed, would put forests and wildlife at risk.
Letters
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2011
Literacy Panorama
Staying legal, staying reasonable
@ Issue Date: Nov 15, 2011
“How many of you listen to music?” All 20 hands in the room went up. “How many of you share music?” Again, the 20 hands went up. “And how many of you know that sharing music is a violation of the copyright law?” All hands stayed up. “Then, why do you still do it?” Many reasons followed, topped by: “Music is like nature.
Look beyond invasive species
Issue Date: Oct 31, 2011
FOR centuries scientists have applied one golden rule to maintaining balance in an ecosystem—remove the invasive species. This rule may change soon.
Panna’s poaching nexus exposed
Issue Date: Oct 31, 2011
The forest officials of Panna Tiger Reserve worked in close nexus with poachers for over a decade, says an internal report prepared by the Intelligence Cell of the tiger reserve, which had lost all its tigers by 2008.
Mahan at all costs
Issue Date: Oct 31, 2011
WHEN Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan went on an “indefinite” fast in February to protest the Centre’s “continued discrimination” against the state, one of his grudges was the delay in the allocation of a coal block to a joint venture of two companies that has invested thousands of crores of rupees in setting up industries in the backward region.
