CSE: Health and Environment Events Page


Sinister pattern Analysis of Asian studies highlights universality of air pollution problem DTE July 15, 2004		Intrinsic link Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt DTE July 15, 2004

Water is a national resource GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there should be a regulatory framework to manage water resources nationally DTE July 15, 2004		Inhuman trials Doubts cloud foreign firm’s hepatitis drug tests in India DTE July 15, 2004

Trap them all MCD adapts new measure to combat dengue and malaria DTE July 15, 2004		300 dead, and counting Andhra Pradesh is a watershed for agriculture in post-independent India. For the government DTE July 15, 2004

I paid through my skin Only to find out that weight loss clinics are a sham DTE July 15, 2004

A flavour of risk
Caffeine in soft drinks linked to high blood pressure
DTE June 15, 2004

Towering menace
Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health
DTE June 15,20004

It’s about silicosis
It’s also about not compensating suffering mineworkers
DTE June 15, 2004

Poisoned staple
Death, food shortage in Kenya due to aflatoxin-infected maize
DTE June 15, 2004

A simple device
But the invention of the stethoscope revolutionised medical diagnosis
DTE June 15, 2004

POPs goes the government
India™s chemicals industry opposes the Stockholm convention. Greens demand ratification
DTE June 15, 2004

Wheeze wave
The UK reels under the burden of respiratory ailments
DTE June 15, 2004

Lethal legacy
Air pollution linked to inherited genetic mutations
DTE June 15, 2004

Deadly impact
Air Pollution & Health in Rapidly Developing Countries
DTE May 31, 2004

It was always measly
Post-liberalisation, public funding in health care has reached a nadir
DTE May 31, 2004

“Governments should try for 100 per cent pure water”
HANS JEURING is the chairperson of Codex Committee on Pesticides Residue (CCPR).
DTE May 31, 2004

Another opportunity lost
This year’s UN Commission on Sustainable Development meet provided no roadmap to attain Millennium Development Goals on water, sanitation and human settlements
DTE May 31, 2004

Food that kills
US food agency finds acrylamide in many foodstuffs
DTE May 15, 2004

FAT CHANCE
Reducing obesity — the leading cause of non-communicable diseases in the world — has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the multi-trillion dollar sugar and food industries. DTE May 15, 2004

Fatal bearing
Birds in the US have deformed beaks due to pollution DTE May 15, 2004

CO₂ rising
At an ominous rate DTE April 30, 2004

Not enough
Treatment has reached many but tuberculosis still kills millions DTE April 30, 2004

Deadly shortcomings
Estimates of short-term pesticide exposure require revision DTE April 30, 2004

Rule out the menace
Birth weights increase after USA bans two pesticides for household use DTE April 30, 2004

No more magic in ‘Abra’
People in the Philippines rouse themselves to save the valley of their ancestors
DTE April 30, 2004

Eyewitness: Radioactivity doesn't stop at the mines in Jaduguda
Travelling in Jaduguda, RICHARD MAHAPATRA finds radioactivity doesn’t stop at the mines
DTE April 30, 2004

RED ALERT in nuclear India
India’s pampered nuclear power programme is losing steam. Uranium stocks are almost over; people won’t let the government dig new mines; all projects are running late and new technology is almost impossible to get as decommissioning reactors is the trend world over. DTE April 30, 2004

The selenium scourge
Trace mineral unleashes its toxicity in two districts of Punjab DTE Feb 29, 2004

Reach the last person
Else, polio cannot be eradicated by December 2004 DTE Feb 29, 2004

A lie is nailed
Soft drinks do contain pesticides, declares JPC DTE Feb 29, 2004

Out of the coop
Avian flu flitting from birds to humans DTE Feb 29, 2004

On weak footing
Rise in polio cases exposes chinks in prevention plan DTE Feb. 15, 2004

The shifter
Cholera pathogen may be indomitable due to its changing genes DTE Feb. 15, 2004

On the anvil
National environment policy DTE Feb. 15, 2004

High toll
Mystery fever hits Arunachal DTE Feb. 15, 2004

Height of inequality
Standard of living determines a child’s height DTE Feb. 15, 2004

On weak footing
Rise in polio cases exposes chinks in prevention plan DTE Feb. 15, 2004

On the anvil
National environment policy DTE Feb. 15, 2004

The shifter
Cholera pathogen may be indomitable due to its changing genes DTE Feb. 15, 2004

High toll
Mystery fever hits Arunachal DTE Feb. 15, 2004

Height of inequality
Standard of living determines a child’s height DTE Feb. 15, 2004

Justified text
Weight lent to endosulfan study discarded by officials DTE Dec. 31, 2003

Fatal catalyst
Deforestation spura malaria DTE Dec. 31, 2003

House warning
Smoke from cooking kills 1.6 million people annually DTE Dec. 31, 2003

A Refreshing Guide To Food Safety
There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. Still, the extent of irresponsibility never fails to surprise...
DTE Dec. 31, 2003

Justified text
Weight lent to endosulfan study discarded by officials DTE Dec. 31, 2003

Fatal catalyst
Deforestation spura malaria DTE Dec. 31, 2003

House warning
Smoke from cooking kills 1.6 million people annually DTE Dec. 31, 2003

Trial and terror
Softer rules to make guinea pigs out of Indians? DTE Dec. 15, 2003

Power off
Pesticides can affect the cells DTE Dec. 15, 2003

Re-examined
Air pollutants alone may cause acute asthma attacks DTE Dec. 15, 2003

Trial and terror
Softer rules to make guinea pigs out of Indians? DTE Dec. 15, 2003

Power off
Pesticides can affect the cells DTE Dec. 15, 2003

Re-examined
Air pollutants alone may cause acute asthma attacks DTE Dec. 15, 2003

Toxic potion
Fuel yourself with a glass of milk! This might well be the tagline of an advertisement for a range of packaged milk brands in Texas, us DTE Oct. 31, 2003

In a hole
Dengue grips Bangalore DTE Oct. 31, 2003

Power of prevention
Cancer incidence declines in Sweden, after 20 years of restricting chemicals DTE Oct. 31, 2003

Toxic potion
Fuel yourself with a glass of milk! This might well be the tagline of an advertisement for a range of packaged milk brands in Texas, us DTE Oct. 31, 2003

Eating badly
From the maw of the Indian state has emerged an undigested piece of development cake – the nutritional value of the food people consume daily is alarmingly off the mark, and hardly healthy DTE July 15, 2003

A terrible accident
Can vaccines unleash unknown epidemics? Is AIDS a case in point? DTE June 30, 2003

SARS: Marching ahead
With global health governance caught off-guard, it is time to look for safeguards against the global spread of deadly diseases DTE May 15, 2003

Pumping out poison
Drinking water contaminated by Arsenic and fluoride DTE April 15, 2003

ARE PILLS DOCTORED?
A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son’s serious illness
DTE December 15, 2002

THE BUZZ ON MALARIA
Integrating cost-effective traditional methods is essential to fighting the killer disease. DTE November 30, 2002

SOFT TARGET
Children across the class spectrum are the most vulnerable to a host of diseases caused by environmental degradation.
DTE June 15, 2002

NO KIDDING
Pollution can have adverse effect on the lungs of children.
DTE January 31, 2002

MODERN MALADY
The bane of modern life, asthma stalks the young and the affluent
DTE January 15, 2002

MYSTERY FEVERS:
Unknown, unidentified and lethal fevers are striking India. Such fevers have claimed thousands of lives the world over. The Siligurimystery fever, that gripped this town of West Bengal early this year, is a case in point. November 15, 2001. Click here>>

Strength of Dilution: The more times a homoeopathy remedy is diluted, the more potent it becomes, proves research. December 15, 2001. Click here>>

Double Trouble:
Pesticide menace spreads its tentacles to Karnataka after striking a deadly blow to Kasaragod district in adjoining state of Kerala. October 31, 2001.click here>>

"We have to reduce the exposure of people to diesel exhaust" :
Diesel particles have been associated with increased levels of premature mortality, respiratory and other hospitalisations, and incidence of diseases in children. October 15, 2001.click here>>

Drug- resistant HIV:
Within four years anti-HIV drugs could become useless for nearly half of the patients. September 30, 2001. click here>>

Killer within the bug :
Vaccine developed against kala azar. September 15, 2001.
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Unsung babies :
Exposure to DDT can increase child mortality August 31, 2001.
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Unsafe cloning:
clones which seem absolutely normal superficially have their own genetical abnormalities. August 15, 2001.click here>>

Bangalore besieged:
Pollution chokes Bangalore with respiratory problems -each year the respiratory problems increase by about one percent. July 31, 2001.click here>>

DDT could cause early puberty :
A new study reveals that children exposed to DDT attain puberty at a much younger age. July 15, 2001.click here>>