Loose bones

Fluoride contaminated cripples many in villages near Lahore

In Short

Pesticides lower intelligence

Claims a study conducted on children

Traffic fumes cause permanent lung dysfunction

Persistent organic pollutants can render vaccines ineffective

Spending on junk food

Officials push five-in-one vaccine

Pentavalent vaccine linked to child deaths in Sri Lanka, Bhutan; ball in high court

E-waste toxins in mum’s milk

Urban people more at risk

Congenital defects

US court indicts vaccines with mercury for autism

India launches action plan to reduce deaths among newborns

Plan aims to deal with preventable deaths in babies under a month old

Capital punishment

No breather in sight

Research reinforces theory that air pollution and smoking perpetrate asthma

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Rural people can now get anganwadis on demand

Climate change

News 360° - Briefs

Toys may not be all that harmless

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