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Unhealthy Lungs Linked to Hostility?

...ed to rule out if environmental toxins such as air pollution may contribute to both higher hostility and lower lung function. Hostility was measured using the Cook-Medley Questionnaire which is derived from the items on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Pulmonary function was measured while pa...

Ecologists Desperate to Save Dal Lake in Kashmir

...action for anyone visiting Kashmir. But increasing pollution is fast reducing its original beauty. The State authorities have been aware of the problems and plans have been made to clean the lake, but ecologists feel that there is need to sensitize local people. Raw sewage and land encroachment are so...

Dire Future Predicted for Europe's 4 Seas

...hication (over-fertilisation of the sea), chemical pollution and fishing. For each issue and sea, the scientists devised models linking economic and social drivers, environmental pressures and the state of the environment. Findings revealed that Europes regional seas were showing a serious state of decline...

Traders Smell Something Fishy in Tokyo Market Move

...ity fees, in addition to the worst problem -- land pollution -- at the new address," he said. The new site is owned by Tokyo Gas Co., which revealed in 2001 that the area was polluted with deadly cyanogen and arsenic. "How can we move to land heavily polluted by cyanogen and arsenic? We, people who deal with...

13 Million Die Worldwide Due to Unhealthy Environment: New WHO Report

...luding poor sanitation and hygiene; and indoor air pollution due to solid fuel use for cooking. Around the world, children below five years of age are the main victims and make up 74 percent of deaths due to diarrhoeal disease and lower respiratory infections. Low-income countries suffer the most from env...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

...fter the territory was handed back to the Chinese, pollution is one of the biggest problems facing the former B... and recent scares over contaminated food have put pollution at the top of the political agenda. Chief Executive Donald Tsang's solutions -- turning notoriousl...

Australia Battles Oil Slick on Yarra River

... prominent newspaper, The Age, revealed widespread pollution in the river, including high E.coli levels. Recent EPA monitoring found poor water quality at several city sites. Dr Walsh said stormwater contained "a cocktail of polluting substances", including cigarette butts and chemicals....

Environmental Problems Take Huge Toll of Lives Across the Globe

...risk factors: unsafe drinking water and indoor air pollution caused by the burning of so-called solid fuels - wood, cow dung or coal for cooking, the WHO said. WHO said its results were based on 2002 data from national health authorities, reviews of scientific literature and expert surveys. It also encompas...

A Cold Shoulder to Cold - At Your Risk

... to bacteria and fungus in the atmosphere. Traffic pollution is also a big culprit. It is better to seek immediate medical attention when people suffer persistent cold or irritation in the throat. Even facial pain, nasal discharge, blockage, continuous dry cough, sneezing, headaches, running nose and change of...

Indoor Air Pollution Biggest Heath Threat

...he culprit to most health threat is the indoor air pollution caused by solid fuels// used for cooking and heati... a new estimate done in each country. Indoor air pollution is the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of air in the indoor environment within a ...

West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

...es. The organization based the rankings on ozone pollution levels produced when heat and sunlight come into c...and other sources. The group also studied particle pollution levels emitted from these sources, which are made up of a mix of tiny solid and liquid particles in ...

Women Deliver Babies With Eye Defects in Jharkhand Villages

...talists and villagers has blamed the air and water pollution //caused by coal mining in the area. Four women o...as micro ophthalmic and is caused by environmental pollution or hereditary problems," said Bharati Kashyap, the doctor treating the four newborns here. State ...

Earth Day Celebrated With Hopes of a Greener Tomorrow

... As a result, not only do the chances of the river pollution increase, but it also short-circuits the huge water potential beneficial to the city, since the floodplains are an important source of groundwater recharge. 'It's a problem which can be solved only when people themselves become conscious about it,'...

Ethanol Could Be Damaging for Human Health, New Study Says

...l and other biofuels if they cause as much harm as pollution from gasoline, which causes about 10,000 premature deaths a year in the United States. 'There are alternatives, such as battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, whose energy can be derived from wind or solar power. These ve...

Smoking Ban Improves Dublin Environment, Health: Study

...und. The ban led to an 83 percent reduction in air pollution and an 80 percent cut in cancer-causing agents, according to the health portal News Medical. The lung function of bar workers had improved, said the study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "These results...

Ireland’s Smoke Ban Seems To Do The Tric

...he researchers gave an 83 percent reduction in air pollution and an 80 percent cut in cancer-causing agents. In addition, the report, which was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, states that the lung function of bar workers has also improved. The team from the Resea...

Chinese Food- a Global Risk?

...vestock’s and sea food. The wide spread industrial pollution too adds to the food chain. The Authority finds it difficult to regulate the farming sector as the properties are quite small. Now the exports from China are being rejected at the rate of 200 per month which is quite a big figure compared to other ...

US States Get Ready to Fight Mercury Pollution

...e done about as much as they can to reduce mercury pollution within their own borders, the states plan to focus...evels would recognize that the majority of mercury pollution in the region comes from other states. Thus, for the Northeastern states to meet federal clean wat...

Bhutan Leads the World in Preserving the Environment

...l degradation including noise, visual and physical pollution through the adoption of environment friendly practices and ethos. The article also allows the parliament to enact environmental legislation and implement environmental standards and instruments based on the precautionary principle, polluter pay pr...

Canadian University Students Vote Against Coca-Cola

...Coca-Cola company for creating water shortages and pollution across India," said Amit Srivastava of the India Resource Center in a press release. "We are tired of whitewash attempts by the Coca-Cola company, such as hiring a group it funds in India to investigate its operations. What we need are genuine ini...

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