All You Need to Know about Your Bread

A new study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has shown that 84 per cent of bread and bakery samples collected …

‘Separate power feeders can greatly improve rural electrification’

Over 65 years after Independence, nearly half of the 800 million people living in rural India are yet to get access to electricity. A major …

Sponge iron’s dirty growth

In the years to come, India's expanding steel production will be largely driven by sponge iron. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is …

What's in your honey?

Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf …

Fat of the matter

What does 'healthy oil' really mean? It is difficult to tell. The Centre for Science and Environment studied branded edible oils to understand …

Renal emergency

Sri Lanka’s north-central region has been facing a health crisis for two decades. A large number of people in the region suffer from …

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Forest productivity - Lumber slumber

Forest Development Corporations are yet to keep pace with the rising demand for timber, though cultivable lands exist

Misleading claim by Harvest Gold

The CSE went through the company’s website, which also had a similar notice denigrating the study findings on bread released in May 2016

US rejects Indian shrimps due to antibiotic presence

Five per cent of the rejected import products were of shrimp entry lines refused due to the presence of banned antibiotics such as …

Monsanto, BJP and Genetically Modified MPs

The BJP has declined participation in a Monsanto organised study tour. But such veiled lobbying could become stock-in-trade of transgenic majors …

Raising superbugs

Poultry farms are reservoirs of multi-drug resistant bacteria and play a major role in their spread, shows the latest CSE study

Not just air, level of noise pollution in Delhi is also deadly: study

A new study confirms the findings of a 2011 CSE survey which had shown that the capital has the noisiest roads in the country

Three-wheel powered solution to dirty air

Quintessential three-wheeler autorickshaws slated for unrestricted free run in Delhi-NCR can be a disruptive clean mobility solution across India

CSE's Chandra Bhushan on GM in India's packaged food

Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Delhi-based Centre For Science and Environment talks about their new study on GM ingredients in …

How many people die of silicosis in Indian mines?

One of the worst health hazards that miners engaged in stone quarrying, crushing, quartz mining, glass and ceramic manufacturing face is dust …

3-D techniques shed light on what makes a bird’s lungs so efficient

Airways and blood vessels track each other and supply specific parts of the bird’s lung

US woman infected by drug-resistant bacteria; dies

The case, once again, brings to light the building antibiotic resistance in the world—often called a ticking time bomb

Saffola study, a marketing ploy?

Saffolalife’s online survey on risk of cardiovascular diseases could help Marico which positions its Saffola oil brands as healthy for heart

Norwegian Embassy: A case of treading lighter on nature’s resources

A combination of low-capital initiatives by the management, maintenance policies and a clear vision that have made the Norwegian Embassy into a …

Rainwater harvesting: Way ahead to encash the alternative water resource

Depending on the agroclimatic region the strategy may be different but the idea is the same — catch water where it falls

Learning the ropes

CSE assesses waste management systems in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh and finds they have still a long way to go

'To eat or not to eat'

A CSE study found Potassium Bromate, a possible carcinogen, and Potassium Iodate in bread samples. Potassium Iodate can affect thyroid function

India’s child sex ratio has reached ‘emergency proportions’: UN study

While northeast states such as Manipur and Nagaland have shown a sharp deterioration in child sex ratio, the skewed ratio has improved marginally …

Soil carbon sequestration may help fight climate change

New agriculture modelling study shows atmospheric carbon dioxide can be captured, stored in soil