Today's Plague
Some of the most common cancers in India are directly linked to poverty
Killer with a BIAS
There is overwhelming evidence that some of the common cancers target the poor
Another Alang in the making
Andhra Pradesh is in choppy waters over a proposed ship breaking yard at Vodarevu
Environmental injustice
The poorest people in urban India live in foul environs. Research from across the world shows that the poor stand greater risks of several cancers.…
Silenced to death
The media and the government keep mum on pollution-cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace
Affected people can even approach the criminal court
JUSTICE N VENKATACHALA former judge of the Supreme Court, is currently chairperson of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA). Set …
How carcinogenic is your CAR?
Do you want a country full of cars? Cars cause cancer. Scientists can even measure the cancer potency levels of the cars we ride. The so-called …
Bad boy phthalate implicated in eczema in children
How the chemical causes the skin disease still a puzzle
Asian rubbish
Time To Introspect
Policymakers must put public health above everything else to chart the future. Consumers must demand change so that industry can be forced to …
Air pollution is group 1 carcinogen, says WHO agency
Our cities urgently need action plan to meet clean air targets, given the high level of air pollution and increased incidence of lung cancer
An uphill task
Sustainability still a long way off, says Worldwatch
Tea pesticide flavoured
Darjeeling's famous brew, laced with pesticides, poses a threat to public health
Locals oppose petrochemical project plan in Odisha’s Kendrapara over green concerns
Water use for the PCPIR will effect mangroves, Mahanadi river; Area already prone to disasters due to climate change, say environmentalists
Air pollution affecting even unborn children
Higher the pollution, higher the incidence of low birth weight, finds study
SIAM's small step forward
The beacon
Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment
Erosion of values
...and how it leads to environmental degradation
Capital punishment
Defiling the sacred
How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion
Malnourished Children
S K Kabra , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to Nidhi …
Pollution of Hinduisim
Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is …
UN develops modules to provide safe work environment to health workers
Experts say high rate of infectious viral disease, back injuries, sharps injuries reported among health workers across the world and that it is …
Is it all grey?
NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge
Inextricably linked
A United Nations report highlights the connection between environment and health