Bitter battle

US bans MTBE

Fat-free, dioxin-free

A fat substitute can speed up the removal of carcinogens

Safe chemotherapy

Taste that

...could kill skin cancer cells

Taken to task

US to indict biotech company for misleading investors

Toxic effects

Air pollution considerably increases cancer risk in the US

Killer industries

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

Health in news on June 6

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on health

First ‘Made in India’ cervical cancer vaccine in offing

Vaccine to be launched after adequate doses manufactured for distribution

Global fund for research

Notify radiation level

Smokescreen

Philip Morris remitted from paying record compensation

Passive Payback

Malachite green: a carcinoge

Fait accompli

Even a 'limited' Indo-Pak war would see three million deaths

Double crime

Mushrooming ill-effects

Power off

Pesticides can affect the cells

Statutory warning

Over 15 billion cigarettes are smoked everyday!

Cancer experts call for easing regulations on narcotic drugs

Morphine, a drug which can help ease cancer pain, is banned in India

Toxic city

Breathing poison

Precision hit