But what has the state done?

Wah India

Arsenic

White asbestos finds backers at Rotterdam Convention

Pesticide-ridden Punjab to begin cancer registration

Cost of cancer treatment could drop to Rs 1,000 a month

Tata Memorial Hospital’s preliminary studies of combination therapy prove successful; clinical trials to begin soon

Testing the CL route

Roche’s Herceptin will be a test case for government and generics industry as India readies to issue compulsory licences for life-saving drugs

Will appellate body uphold grant of compulsory licence to cancer drug?

Hearing on Bayer's appeal against manufacture of generic version of Nexavar to conclude this week

Ethics on trial

Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug,…

Tata Energy Research Institute In service of polluters

The Swedish experts have identified traces of over 40 substances in diesel exhaust that are listed by the epa as hazardous air pollutants and …

The dark zone

When Down To Earth correspondents nidhi jamwal and d b manisha started filing their reports on the problem of fluoride and arsenic in groundwater,…

Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5

Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states

WHO says Monsanto weed-killer is ‘probably carcinogenic’; company rejects claim

Monsanto says herbicide glyphosate is ‘safe’ for human health

As told to Parliament (February 9, 2024): Cancer cases on the rise in India

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Microplastics time-bomb: Why we should not reuse plastic water bottles

Whether microplastic particles cause long-term damage is uncertain but reducing our exposure to them will be wise.  

2022 Chemistry Nobel awarded for ‘click chemistry’, which has possible applications in healthcare

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless worked on click chemistry, or linking chemicals together, and biorthogonal reactions, …

How COVID-19 affects the brain

Inflammation of the brain; blood clots; damage to the nerves in the body — how COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 affects the human brain&…

The problem of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of diseases

Studies show people are receiving treatment for ailments which may never have serious implications on their health

All You Need to Know about Your Bread

A new study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has shown that 84 per cent of bread and bakery samples collected …

Government withdraws NPPA’s power to fix prices of non-essential medicines

Prices of cardiac, diabetes, HIV/AIDS drugs likely to be affected

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Brain dead

When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ

Junk life

Fast food and slow death