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A free ride

India and China, largest toy producer, do not regulate phthalates  

Vitamin D complex

When sunlight falls on the skin, it forms an essential nutrient, vitamin D. For people in India, which has an average of 300 clear sunny days in …

Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science

He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support

A pre-emptive strike against Monsanto

American organic farmers are trying to ensure the biotech giant cannot sue them

Bringing Google to book

Google’s digital library project went too far, creating a monopoly over the heritage of books

Climate financing adds to poor countries’ debt pile: Oxfam

Eighty per cent of climate financing was provided as loans in 2017-18, according to study

The world needs pharmaceuticals from China and India to beat COVID-19

Chinese manufacturers make around 40% of all APIs used worldwide; China, India are the source of 75-80% of APIs imported to US

Last call to get climate deal right

Now healthy ads sell junk food

Commercials mislead consumers by shifting the focus from poor nutrition to physical exercise

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Weather dice is loaded

How to rewrite the Durban script

The new banana republic

“The source of the danger is black people” — Why is racism normalised in conservation?

Extra-judicial killings of innocent people — including children — in Africa and Asia are airily dismissed as collateral damage in a &…

When flu turns fatal

In the past two months, as many as 1,198 people in India have died of swine flu, a disease which is only as threatening as seasonal flu. Jyotsna …

Ozone-smart, climate-cool

Neo-addiction

Youngsters are getting hooked on flavoured e-cigarettes. Studies belie manufacturers’ claims

Why Shell’s proposed oil exploration in the Arctic is making news

A recent business announcement by Shell and persistent protests by environment activists have added to the uncertainty over the oil exploration …

Latin American and Caribbean nations highly vulnerable to climate change

Economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 per cent of annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean if temperature rises 2.5°C …

Obama steps on accelerator

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‘Increased representation of women, ethnic groups not enough to overcome biases in STEM’

Down to Earth speaks to Meena Balagopal, educational researcher and ecologist, CSU, on gender bias and racism in STEM disciplines

COVID-19: How far will green stimulus to combat climate change go?

COVID-19 disruptions caused shocks to power and oil sector that will cause drop in carbon emissions. However, long-term implications are uncertain