Exposure to toxic parts of PM2.5 during pregnancy harmful for newborn health

Inhaling sulphur, sulphate, copper, iron, nickel and zinc through PM2.5 can trigger maternal oxidative stress and affect the growth of the foetus

Road Design: Why do Indian cities never get it right?

Even cities in developing countries like Sri Lanka have well-designed streets and roads which encourage walking and cycling

Delhi, throught a ;mist of nostalgia

AIR, WATER, garbage, radon toxicity, sludge, noise. More than a part of our daily lives, these are perennial if hackneyed jargon. Few people …

Pollution fears cloud future of cement plants

The announcement that more cement factories will be set up in the state has unleashed a controversy. Units already operational have not …

Unhappy compromise over atmosphere

Though the bracketed chapter on atmosphere was resolved in Rio, OPEC nations continue to feel dissatisfied

Stink in the northeast

Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people

"Doctors too need education"

Dr S K Chabbra, reader and head of the department of cardiorespiratory physiology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi, is among the few …

Survival in a chemical dustbin

Residents sleep with doors and windows shut tight. Dangerous gases are released at night in Dombivli

Highway projects mow down ecolaws

India's road networking plan, one of the few projects that are progressing ahead of schedule, is flouting a number of environmental guidelines

Polluted and ignored

Talk about air pollution in India and everybody thinks of the four metropolitan cities. But the ambient air quality in even smaller cities and …

How India is getting gas and coal policy wrong

Non-EU airlines compliance with emissions trading scheme deferred

US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

Too much at stake

Search for a good hearth

While cook stoves in India are becoming fuel-efficient, they are not improving air quality, finds study

WHO sets emissions standards for reducing indoor air pollution

4.3 million global premature deaths around each year attributed to illnesses caused by household air pollution

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

Flyash can be used viably

Waste dumpsites choke Chennai

On the shelf?

CPCB penalty to industries at Mahul, Ambapada pave way for polluter-pays principle

Report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board penalising the industries based on their quantum of pollution is a roadmap for better …

Euro V standard has failed to curb pollutants: experts

Push for Euro VI as the new emissions standard across EU; recommend improvising Bharat II standard for India

POLLUTION DEATHS

The price of power

In'toxic'ating moments