White death

The aftermath

The effects of the Balkan war is beginning to show on NATO soldiers

What's the buzz?

A whisper campaign that CNG causes cancer is doing the rounds in Delhi

Follow Up

Spicy solution

Cloves can stop hazardous asbestos fibres from escaping into the air

Born loser

Herbicides are the culprits

Bytes

Rise of AMR could result in up to 10 million annual deaths by 2050: UN report

AMR can push 24 million more people into extreme poverty by 2030

Health in news on June 7

Here's a round-up of today's news and debate on health

After gutkha, Bihar government bans smokeless tobacco

Plans to raise tax on cigarettes and bidis by up to 60 per cent

Fighting cancer

Bad environment kills

A new study seeks to link pollutants to the spread of prostate cancer

Clean-up time

Sucking in toxics

Presence of pollutants such as PCBs in mothers' milk and blood restrains children's growth

Underestimated threat

System error

IT will become an agent of change only when there is less of government and more of innovation

Finishing touches

Ayurvedic massage can reduce body's toxin levels by 58 per cent

Of mild cigarettes and stiff penalties

Philip Morris told to pay damages for misleading smokers

For kids' sake

EPA sued for soft-pedalling on anti-pesticide safeguards

Re-counted

Standards to assess radiation-induced cancer are correct

Push to prevent cancer, strokes

Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases

Childhood cancers

Toxic houses

PUERTO RICO

Pill trouble

Dabur given go-ahead to market birth defect-causing drug