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

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New treatment for cervical tumours

Cloves can cure cancer Study

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Reiki for tigress

High exposure, no risk

Don’t pee in pool

It reacts with disinfectants, can cause diseases including cancer

Shroud for a crusader

For 35 years, Adhurai fought against Grasim Industries for polluting the environment in his village in Kerala. No one heard him. But after he …

US asbestos industry seeks escape clause in law

Asbestos-related litigation in the us runs into billions of dollars today. So much so that the amount is estimated to exceed the combined cost of …

Short-term hormone therapy raises ovarian cancer risk

Researchers say these findings will have implications for international guidelines on Hormone Replace Therapy

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