Hunt on for toxins in toys

Committee set to test toxicity in toys in India

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Pesticides in US farmworkers' children

National Family Health Survey out

Prevention is cure

When preventive measures can fight encephalitis, is there a need for treatment in ill-equipped primary health centres?

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Toxic dump in Karachi talk of the town

Pakistan's toxic waste case takes new turn

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Uranium traces in Punjab children

The search for the source has just begun

Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality

Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better

Breathing uneasy

Threat from occupational exposure to pollutants, especially to young children and pregnant women, is growing rapidly. There is no time for …

Malnutrition count up in Orissa

Debate over mobile towers close to hospitals

ICDS gets packaged food for the malnourished

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Transport costs

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Dangerous play

Solid biomass as cooking fuel is a killer

Use of biomass takes high toll