NOBEL GESTURE

A killer stalks Siliguri

Messing around with the environment has led to the emergence of new and deadly diseases

Choking effects

Workers suffer from respiratory ailments after cleaning World Trade Centre debris

Should free trade include toxic dumping?

Many European nations have banned the free passage of toxic waste between borders, despite the common-market concept.

New viruses on the prowl

Humans have exposed themselves to a host of new viral diseases by playing around too much with the environment

Autism caused by genes or environment?

Recent studies add weight to the environmental factor theory

Toxic fallout

SAARC ratifies committee on environment

The ad hoc South Asian technical committee for environmental reforms is accorded permanent status

Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan

A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021 

Green sugar

Unhealthy decision?

A new bill on environment-related risks is rejected by the Delhi Assembly

Japan to fund study

Ailments caused due to environmental factors

Diseases caused by environmental factors

Climate effect: Airborne pollen in United States may go up by 2050

Pollen season will start earlier and last longer throughout the US, simulations by researchers show

Delhi, throught a ;mist of nostalgia

AIR, WATER, garbage, radon toxicity, sludge, noise. More than a part of our daily lives, these are perennial if hackneyed jargon. Few people …

GREEN REMEDIES

The status of health can be improved with proper environment management

Setting standards

Green justice: up in smoke?

Aided by officialdom and politicos, polluting industries seem well cushioned against thunderous court orders

DISTRESS SIGNALS

New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback

DYING FOR PROGRESS

The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation

Sustainable solutions

BOOK >> A Community Guide to Environmental Health Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem Hesperian Foundation June 2008

Damage control

The Union labour ministry discusses the safety and health problems of the workers at Alang

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 6, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Playing with poison

It is better to act early, than wait for ddt to take its toll on humans

The hole truth

NASA discovers the largest ever ozone hole over Antarctica. A wake up call for industrialised countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions