Book Digest: Dispatches from 40 forgotten civilisations, Wuhan under lockdown and more

From stories of wildlife in unforeseen form to rise of environmental illnesses, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …

"Psychosocial care should be a component of overall health care"

K SEKAR, assistant professor, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, talks to NEELAM SINGH about …

The next challenge

Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process

The impact

Kerala's income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs

A long haul

Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society

Firecrackers banned

202 new industrial chemicals

Ignorance is low IQ, cancer

PCBs, dioxins write the fate of people living near a dumpsite

Lifestyle diseases are the biggest killers in India

Down To Earth’s recently launched biennial publication shows crucial links between environment and health, some of them yet unexplored

Science & Technology - Briefs

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Industries can harm health in many ways: Here are 3 that aren’t so obvious

Some products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage and social and health inequity, especially by …

3.3 million people died of excessive drinking in 2012: WHO report

Alcohol consumption rising in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, stable in Europe, Americas and Africa

COP28: Say climate crisis, think health crisis

COP28 will include the first dedicated 'Health Day'. It's due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis  

Same-sex marriages: Reproductive and sexual rights shouldn’t be different based on sex and gender

Denying the right of marriages and a family over homosexuality is a gross violation of human rights  

Who are you?

Microorganisms have a complex equation with humans. From the structure of our bodies to cultural differences, the invisible beings influence our …

Bytes

US court indicts vaccines with mercury for autism

Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

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Bridging the gap

Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has …

Run-up to CoP27: Parents revive demand to cut fossil fuel financing, urge leaders to prioritise child health

Last year a delegation of mothers presented a letter signed by over a million parents to the CoP president

Brain drain

Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study

Shudder islands

Harsh environment, government apathy are literally driving Sundarbans inhabitants mad

Crime and pollution