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The Return Of The Clemenceau: Happy India

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. -Robert Orben // The order of the French President Jacques Chirac, which requires the decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau to be sent back to France, represen...

PFCAs Detected in the Artic

...id that the products themselves were the source of pollution and turning the residual tap will solve the pollution problem of chemicals in the Arctic.It was found that the annual emissions of at least 100,000 kilogr...

Rain Gardens Can Improve Water Quality

...es continues to grow, the problems of flooding and pollution are set to increase. Michael Dietz, one of the researchers, hopes their findings will encourage town planners across the globe to consider using rain gardens. Edited (IANS)...

Can Second Hand Smoke Cause Cancer?

...There are also groups which contend that vehicular pollution is far more dangerous when compared to second hand tobacco smoke. California alone is responsible for releasing an amount of 1,900 tons of carbon monoxide and 40 tons of nicotine into the air annually. Californian regulators have already branded t...

Fish Oil Can Protect Against Air Pollution Effects

...valuable implications with the ever-increasing air pollution levels in our environment. The study participants were required to consume a 2g fish oil supplement everyday for a period of 6 months. Those who consumed soy oil supplements formed the control group. At the end of the study, it was found that those...

NASA Analysis Say 2005 Was The Warmest Year

...ve that the warming is not due to the influence of pollution from urban areas. Edited (ANI) ...

UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply

... hand China has brought down a firm hand regarding pollution and informed the local authorities about any environmental crises. United nation’s team was not allowed by the Chinese government to have samples and hence they have asked the help of the World Health Organization to intervene in this matter and mo...

A taxi could increase your exposure to pollution

Your exposure to pollution varies according to the transport you use. Travell...atory, Buxton, measured and visualised exposure to pollution levels using a different modes of transport across London. Ultra fine particles are less than 100 ...

Bad vaccines may trigger China bird flu

...interest rates, global warming and climate change, pollution and AIDS....

Motorcycles Cause Greater Pollution

Passenger cars cause less pollution than motorcycles, according to the results of a recent study. The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research’s Martin Weilenmann and Ana-Marija Vasic conducted // the study which revealed that the hydrocarbons emission of motorcycl...

Link Established Between Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

...isting between development atherosclerosis and air pollution consisting of fine particles. // the study was ba...tion, showed that the combination of fine particle pollution and high-fat diet can promote the development of atherosclerosis, and may explain why people who liv...

High Pollution Levels Lead To Heart Problems

...er incidence of heart related problems with rising pollution levels. The fine-particle pollutants are particularly responsible for this. Repeated and long-term exposure to such pollutants may result in coronary heart disease, heart failure, and abnormal heart rhythms. The number of diesel powered vehicles are ...

Indian Ayurveda in troubled waters abroad.

...presence of these heavy metals in the medicines is pollution of soil and water.The names of the medicines found to contain high content of heavy metals were Mahayogaraj Guggulu with silver and Makardhwaj (Baidyanath), Mahalaxmi Vilas with gold (Baidyanath), Navratna Rasa (Unjha Pharmacy) and Swarna Mahayograj ...

Export Of Ayurvedic Medicines Affected Due To High Heavy Metal Content

...mercury was indicated in the label. Water and soil pollution has been accounted for this high heavy metal content. Following the issue of notice by the Canadian Government, the Government of India has made the testing of all Ayurvedic medicinal preparations mandatory. Unani and Siddha medicines would also b...

Health Problems Due To Ecosystem's Degradation

...eople do not have access to safe water. Indoor air pollution like charcoal burning is responsible for 3% of the disease burden of the world, mostly in the form of respiratory diseases. Solid fuels are used by much of the world’s population for cooking, which is also increasingly contributing towards deforestat...

Environmental Abuse Causes Health Hazards

...water borne disease spread. Increased discharge of pollution in all forms affecting land, noise, air and water pollution has lead to an increased global warming and emergence of resistant microorganisms, pollutants that t...

Iranian Government Declares Holiday Due To Pollution

Increased air pollution which has attained critical levels compelled the I...ween 12 to 15 million, leading to traffic jams and pollution in the city center. The start of the subway system in recent years has not helped solve the problem...

Benzene Slick In China Highlights Water Pollution

... were other factors contributing to the increasing pollution of China's rivers and lakes, Chen said. "Without...se of fertilizers," he was quoted as saying. The pollution increases the risk of both drought and flood in different areas, as well as the shortage of drinking...

Chinese City Suspends Water Supply Fearing Pollution

...nment had claimed Monday that the talk of chemical pollution was "just a rumour", the newspaper said. A government statement said environmental experts had forecast that toxic chemicals could reach the city this week, following spillage after explosions at a petrochemical plant in the upstream city of Jilin N...

One Third Of All Cancers Preventable!

... physical inactivity, unsafe sexual practices, air pollution due to the growing industrialization/ urbanization, smoke from domestic use of coal and contaminated health-care injections are the other preventable factors in the worldwide incidence of cancer. Nearly 2.43 million of the 7 million cancer deaths t...

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