Orange exposure

Transfusion of stored blood can cause health problems

Smoking linked to oxidative stress

Brazil to regulate junk food

Chemical sours mother's milk

Smokers age faster

A government under an asbestos roof

Add telaprevir

Breastfeed longer

India scuttles curb on endosulfan

Shaken and stirred

Eat your oranges

Stepping on a minefield

Pectin v galectin 3

Cell towers, a health risk

Panel recommends restrictions on mobile phone towers

Burglar in the brain

Study reveals how lead hampers learning in children

Pills can break bone

Studies explain how drugs for asthma, diabetes cause osteoporosis

Industrial devil-ution

Maharashtra and Gujarat. The brightest jewels in India's industrial crown. But impressive industrial growth figures fail to hide the grim …

Medical tests: How necessary?

Doctors are increasingly prescribing tests to arrive at a diagnosis. Has this benefited medical practice or patients? Four experts debate

Waste pays

Minimising the production of waste in industries saves raw material and, because it reduces the quantity of pollutants, lowers the cost of …

China eying Lhasa site for nuclear reactor

A US-based Tibetan organisation says not only is China intending to build a nuclear reactor near Lhasa, but is also setting up sites for missiles …

Cursory look at science-development links

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Mothballing nitrogen

Some now ways of using fortilisers which will prevent nitrogen seepage into the water table

Sooty water for parched throats

Pollution by public sector units has created a dearth water in Orissa's Anugul-Talcher industrial belt. However, little has been done to rectify …

Governments alone cannot combat pollution

P K Ray an eminent immunotoxicologist and director, Bose Institute, Calcutta, spoke to Amit Nair on the various issues related to human health