MPS, a rare disease with costly cure
Will the government take steps to make treatment affordable for patients suffering from this genetic disorder?
Environment, genes and mutations
Pollutants in the environment cause dreaded diseases like cancer by mutating some genes. Scientists have begun to explore the human genome to …
30 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: a continuing disaster
An appraisal by Sunita Narain and Chandra Bhushan, exclusively extracted from the recently released book, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, After 30 Years
A hurried job
Karnataka government’s survey to estimate the scale of endosulfan tragedy is a half-hearted attempt
Children of endosulfan
Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …
Can endosulfan be exported?
Supreme Court asks panel to explore possibilities of disposing of the pesticide
SC extends endosulfan ban
Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod