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Air pollution increases risk of Alzheimer’s in carriers of the gene, says study

The ratio of metabolites responsible for cognitive functions has severely decreased in Alzheimer's gene-carrying children in Mexico City than in …

Mexican farmers oppose GM bean

They say government move could cause overproduction of the crop and make the prices fall

End of creepy crawlies?

Studies show global warming is making it difficult for lizards to survive

Helping slum-dwellers to help themselves

Involving the community in slum improvement has worked successfully in the Philippines and Mexico. Hidebound bureaucrats in the Third World, who …

Death at sea

Pollutants are killing whales near Mexico

Pink Floyd goes green

Rockers strike an ecofriendly chord

Pest mismanagement

The Pesticides Action Network reports lacunae in World Bank projects

Unity in diversity

Spill repeats itself

With the 1989 Exxon leak still trickling oil, the Gulf of Mexico puts scientists in the worst fix  

Turned turtle

Most toxic contaminants of Gulf oil spill are still out there

Bacteria ate only some toxins released during Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico, say two studies

Betel benefit

Compounds in paan leaf can kill several pathogenic bacteria

Audit of industry

Brazil to regulate junk food

Film review Birth In The Squatting Position

Films>> Birth in the Squatting Position by Polymorph Films 1979 (10 mins, Brazil) The business of being born by Abby Epstein (83 mins, USA) …

A complement, not a substitute

Cash transfer is effective only if basic services are in place

North America discarded over 5 billion kg of industrial waste in 2018 and most of it went to landfills

New study looks into waste disposal by 24,000 facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States

Exposing America's toxic burden

Pesticides Action Network's report says Americans carry high pesticide levels in their bodies

Wheat rusts no more

“Not in my lifetime”

The new UNFCCC chief on a full climate deal

Hectic parleys

The G-20 bloc of nations faces new challenges

Fish take oil spills to heart

2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers

US Supreme Court rejects BP’s challenge to compensation over oil spill

Company had alleged fraudulent claims for compensation by parties unaffected by the disaster

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