The muck stops here
Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive …
Plain talk about crap
Book>> The Big Necessity, The Unmentionable World Of Human Waste And Why It Matters • by Rose George • Metropolitan Books • …
Municipality blamed for Delhi water poisoning
Municipal authorities in Delhi deny they were responsible for the deaths of eight people caused by contaminated water
Another plague in the offing
The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning …
Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India
Despite the increasing burden respiratory infections and water borne disease, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the last …
A new approach for controlling intestinal worm infections could help millions of the world's most vulnerable people
There's a growing body of evidence that shows we could be doing more for the close to billion children at risk of intestinal worms. We simply …
Improved water supply needed to reduce child mortality linked to sanitation: WHO
The study observes a general gradual decline in malnutrition with increasing access to water soruces
Poor sanitation cost India 5.2% of its GDP
Lack of access to sanitation wiped off US $106.7 billion from India's GDP in 2015. It is almost half of the total global losses
Sponsored blight?
Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India's flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this
Dengue - reality bites
The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta
Double whammy
Increasing pollution, depleting water table make groundwater in Kathmandu unfit for drinking
How pure are their claims?
Market for water purifiers booms, but consumers cannot be sure of quality in absence of regulations
Kitchen strike for toilets
Women of a Maharashtra hamlet give husbands an ultimatum-build toilets or go without food
In Srinagar's footsteps?
Unplanned urbanisation is killing lakes that have saved Raipur from floods for over 1,000 years
Ground report: Tanzania’s sanitation battle is just half won
Part 1: CSE team finds awareness campaign for toilets is not enough, correct designs are needed as well
Why we cannot ignore the poor
One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich
More than 12 million deaths due to unhealthy environment in 2012, says WHO
One in every four deaths across the world can be attributed to environment-related factors
Brazil’s sewage woes reflect the growing global water quality crisis
Wastewater treatment systems are hamstrung by outdated tests that don't identify a growing array of pathogens
Highlights of 2016 UNICEF report on the state of the world's children
The UNICEF report, titled The State of the World's Children 2016, makes startling revelations on prevalence of inequity in child health, …
@110 km/hr
Planners are yet to recognize the Sunderbans is increasingly vulnerable to rising sea level and intense cyclones. Despite the early warning, it …
Nadia in West Bengal goes Churu way, achieves open defecation-free tag
Nadia’s campaign, termed “Sabar Souchagar” (toilets for all) was an entirely community-driven idea
Why environmental degradation is a big health risk
Down To Earth and Centre for Science and Environment jointly release Body Burden 2015, an annual health report
Why India remains malnourished
Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …
Ulcerous water
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