Hepatitis B, C pose huge health challenge in India: Experts
Despite the cost of drugs coming down and dramatic advances in the treatment of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, getting rid of both types of the disease remains a huge challenge primarily due to lack of...
View Article'11,000 hepatitis patients in UP govt hosps every year'
Lucknow: Contaminated water is the chief source of viral hepatitis in the state, warn doctors ahead of the world hepatitis awareness day. Hepatitis lands over 11,000 persons at government hospitals of
View ArticleIndonesian seaweed farmers to file $200m class action over Timor Sea oil spill
More than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers are launching a $200m class action against the company they claim was responsible for Australia’s worst offshore oil spill, which sent millions of litres of
View ArticleEfforts needed to stop pollution
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has issued notices and is monitoring the mercerising units located on the banks of the Noyyal in the district. According to an official of the board, the
View ArticlePermanent solution needed to keep Thiruvallam clean
This time an overflowing canal will welcome those reaching Sree Parasurama temple, Thiruvallam, to perform bali tharpanam. The irrigation department, which has started operating pumps round the clock,
View ArticleMining company misled Centre to get nod
KOZHIKODE: For securing environmental clearance for the controversial Chakkittapara iron ore mining project, Karnataka-based mining major, MSPL Ltd has furnished incorrect and misleading information in
View ArticlePollution board to clean Jhalana forest rivulet
JAIPUR: In a bid to prevent pollution in Jhalana forest, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) has come to the aid of forest department to filter waste water produced by Malviya Nagar...
View ArticleAadi Perukku leaves Cauvery river polluted
TRICHY: Aadi Perukku is an auspicious festival when people throng river banks wishing for prosperity, but not many realise the damage such congregations cause to the environment. Heaps of garbage in
View ArticleGanga cleanup: Rs 3,000 cr spent, results yet to show
It is not just the Opposition that is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotive connect with the Ganga. Statistics show very little has been done in the past two years of BJP rule — in spite
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Projects Under Namami Gange Mission, 04/08/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Projects Under Namami Gange Mission, 04/08/2016. 97 projects have been sanctioned under Namami Gange programme in 53 towns at an estimated project cost of Rs 8588.21 Crore.
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Ganga River Cleaning Projects, 04/08/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ganga River Cleaning Projects, 04/08/2016. As on 30th June 2016, 97 projects have been sanctioned under Namami Gange programme in 53 towns at an estimated project cost
View ArticlePeriyar: Green tribunal seeks report on remedial measures
Kochi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chennai, has directed the central pollution control board (CPCB) to submit a report on remedial measures being taken to address the pollution of the Periyar river
View ArticleChina drafts new rules to curb mining pollution
China plans to raise environmental standards in its highly-polluting mining sector, according to a policy draft circulated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Amid rising concerns about the
View ArticleWaste of resources is biggest threat to planet, warns Scottish environment...
Scotland’s environment agency has warned the country’s industries and farmers that their waste and inefficiency is now the biggest threat to the environment, overtaking pollution. In a marked shift
View ArticleShould you be concerned about plastic and other human debris in your seafood?
Plastics and other debris can harm marine wildlife and can leach harmful chemicals into the ocean. Does that mean your seafood might be carrying these hazards, too? Should you be concerned about plastic
View ArticleStop drinking polluted water, says Aashiq Abu
The environment protection group Save Periyar has been trying to expose the pollution levels of the river Periyar for quite a while now. The nearby factories have been routinely emptying their affluents
View ArticleGround water is worst in Palda
INDORE: Ground water quality of Palda is worst among the 10 samples collected by regional pollution board last month. Experts expect industrial contamination to be the reason for inferior quality of water
View ArticleStudents vow to install clay Ganesh idols
Aurangabad: Showing the way to an eco-friendly Ganesh festival, students from Udhyan Shalini Fellowship School have pledged to install only clay idols at their homes. The students took the pledge while
View ArticleHow washing machines can harm fertility: They pump toxins absorbed by our...
Pollutants that can damage human fertility are pouring into the water supply from our washing machines, a study warns. A range of chemicals found in everyday objects have been linked to health problems,
View ArticleBeer brewer, Carlsberg Malawi Limited accused of polluting Blantyre’s Mudi River
Barely a year after The Maravi Post exposed Carlsberg Malawi Limited’s of polluting Nankhaka River in the capital Lilongwe, the company has once again been accused of heavily contaminating Mudi River in
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