What a waste

The Union government's move to invest in waste-to-energy technologies draws flak from many quarters

Bad environment makes the poor more susceptible to diseases

Since 1997, V Ramaswamy has been working in Priya Manna Basti in Howrah -- a town inhabited by railway porters -- under the Howrah pilot …

Impaired hearing

India's first public hearing on the effects of a nuclear installation was a statement on how the country's nuclear establishment is run

The trail of ash

NALCO will be sued if it fails to restore an ash pond breach that has caused an environmental nightmare in Orissa

Snuffing out lives with pollution

Premature deaths and disease caused by a polluted environment is the most pressing problem in the world today, says a WHO report prepared for the …

The curse of coca

The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America's rainforests

Playing with facts

An affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the Indian automaker TELCO suggests a misinterpretation of the WHO's views on air pollution. The …

Back like a bad penny

115 nations, 12 dirty chemicals and a compromise that leaves DDT free to further pollutethe foodchain

Germs of terror

As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality

No gas mask

Numerous factors, besides nearness to the Union Carbide plant, affected the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy

Deadlocked in Aligarh

On the one hand: potholed roads, poor sewage systems, numerous small scale industries, nightmarish working conditions. On the other: clueless …

The selenium scourge in Punjab

Two districts of Punjab -- Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar -- have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint …

Mobile radiation scare in Jaipur

Rajasthan says levels within permissible limit. Critics claim even ‘safe’ levels are harmful

Toxic Alert

In large doses, cadmium is carcinogenic. A study now shows that even chronic exposure to the heavy metal in low doses causes breast cancer. …

Poisons we live with

Book>> What’s gotten into us? Staying healthy in a toxic world • by Mckay Jenkins, Random House • US $26

Water poisoning has officials in a tizzy

As confusion reigns over how municipal water in three Agra localities was contaminated, self-appointed social workers are trying to exploit the …

Not just water

Mineral or drinking water? Government sets new standards to reorganise the bottled water industry

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

Modified treaty

The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically-modified products. …

Blind to danger

The government turns a Nelson's eye while the construction sector makes hay on phosphogypsum, a carcinogenic byproduct of the fertiliser industry

No silver lining

Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being …

Dumping nuclear burden

Australia's move to return to aborigines land located on former nuclear test site draws flak

Malarial vector back with a vengeance in Rajasthan

Incessant rains and the resultant stagnant water in canals and fields have spawned a malaria epidemic in the western part of the state

Ublic outcry greets uranium mining project in AP

"There is radiation everywhere on earth. Mining in Nalgonda will not increase it." This comment of S D Prasad, adviser to public sector …

Diesel car sales zoom

The sudden spurt in the sales of private passenger cars that run on dirty diesel has grave implications for public health