The pursuit of unsustainable economic growth, bad development policy, lack of good science, and poverty are a prescription for ill-health. These result in a bad living environment which contributes significantly to morbidity. A conference on the state of India's health, the first of its kind, was organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). This was attended by the best medical experts and leading scientists who sought to provide answers to medical problems posed by a host of new environment-related illnesses. Down To Earth reports