Taste killers

Those with a sweet tooth might want to read on

Of men and muscles

Warning signal

Telecom service providers’ study shows mobile phone towers are safe. But are they?

US drug firms put Third World lives at risk

Inadequate information on the labels of US drug products sold in the Third World have put many lives at risk, concludes a US government study

Have lead, will damage

The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.

People's risk

Community-based risk assessment and abatement is a must in the age of expanding business opportunities

Righting the target

Clearer understanding of an enzyme's role could lead to pain killers with less acute side-effects

Within the enemy

Humankind faces the most prolonged and worst exposure to pollution within the four walls of its homes - indoors - where biomass combustion spells …

All gold and hellish litter

Beyond all that glittering in the congested streets of Calcutta's sex districts, is defiled environment and morbid health conditions

South Asia: A Trash Can?

It's time South Asian countries took Iaction to tackle the POP menace. To begin with, they should tell the West that South Asia is not a dirty …

Return of the smog

Experts believe that the smog which enveloped Indonesia last year may return to aggravate the economic crisis that has engulfed the country

Danger on the high seas

Environment groups say that Japan's impending shipment of plutonium poses a grave environmental threat

Caught in the Web

Is getting hooked to the Internet a distinct disorder or is it a symptom of other psychiatric illnesses?

Puffed up claim

Salt assault

Excessive salt use may trigger autoimmune diseases

Radiation remedy

Antibiotic-protein combo may alleviate radiation sickness

Hail yoga, stretching

Better option than modern medicine for back pain

Picking on pigs

Caffeine bad for foetus

Roads to hell

Menace at work

Pollution survey

Meat for thought

A method used to slaughter cattle may spread mad cow disease

Say no to plastics

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