New Delhi: Air pollution in Delhi is at an all time high and causing a dramatic increase in the number of cases of lung cancer. AIIMS figures have found that out of 13,000 new cancer cases each year, almost one-third are in non-smokers. The study has found that the Delhi cancer registry has recorded a 2 to 3 per cent rise in lung cancer cases each year. Anumita Roychowdhury of...
08:41 AM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: Smoke emitted from one mosquito repellant coil is equivalent to those of 100 cigarettes, thus causing harm to a large number of people in India, an expert said Wednesday. "Not many people know about it, but the damage done to your lungs by one mosquito coil is equivalent to the damage done by 100 cigarettes. This was according to a recent study conducted in Malyasia," said Chest Research...
10:26 PM, Sep 01, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday expressed concerns over the increasing level of pollution in the river Ganga, saying it was claiming more lives than those caused by bomb blasts. In his latest blog posting, Advani quoted Swami Chidananda Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, to argue that the pollution in Ganga was a serious matter. "Today most people do not realize that nearly a million people living...
12:26 PM, Aug 14, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Pollution Control Board on Wednesday, issued fresh guidelines for political parties, on use of microphones during campaigning for the Assembly polls. A Board spokesman said, the parties should ensure that the area of meeting place is 100 metres from the 'silence zone' and should be covered in such a manner that noise does not travel beyond the covered area. He said that speakers and loudspeakers would be...
07:02 PM, Mar 09, 2011
Hong Kong: Chiu Mung-ngor and her husband paid US $ 3.3 million for their Hong Kong flat in a luxury apartment block in 2009, lured into buying it partly by its view of the harbour. But their enjoyment was short-lived. The completion last October of a three-storey high LED advertising billboard on the roof of a nearby shopping mall blocked the harbour view, while the billboard lights began shining into...
02:26 PM, Mar 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry's recent report on sources of pollution levels in cities across India is a victim of bad science and politics. That's the allegation by the Centre for Science and Environment. The Ministry report blames LPG combustion and road dust as the biggest contributor to air pollution when in fact it is vehicles which are the biggest source. Associate Director of CSE Anumita Roychowdhary said, "Half of...
10:52 AM, Feb 09, 2011
Taipei: Taiwan has been experimenting with a simple solution to the perennial problems of pollution, smell and excessive water use on pig farms: train the pigs to use a toilet. After some encouraging results the government now wants all the island's pig farms to adopt the practice as it looks to burnish its green credentials, offering cash to farmers and pushing the benefits such as less watery manure that can...
03:02 PM, Jan 25, 2011
London: Air pollution may have triggered the premature yearly deaths of at least 29,000 people in Britain alone. But the figure could be as high as 200,000 deaths a year because of long-term exposure to an unhealthy environment. It adds to mounting evidence of the health dangers of pollution, which is already known to play a part in asthma attacks, heart attacks and strokes the Daily Mail reports. Microscopic particles...
05:45 PM, Dec 21, 2010
Mumbai: The latest health worry for the people of Mumbai " high levels of noise pollution, violating all norms. And political parties holding loud, massive rallies are the worst culprits. However, political leaders themselves seem to be least bothered by this growing concern. Balasaheb Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo said, "The Sena's roar cannot be contained in decibels and no one can stop it." The Sena rally did roar at an...
02:40 PM, Oct 21, 2010
Mumbai: The city police has registered a case against Shiv Sena workers for flouting Noise Pollution Control Rules during the party's Dusshera rally, held at Shivaji Park in Central Mumbai. "A case under Bombay Police Act has been registered against the organisers of the rally for exceeding the 50 decibel noise level," said Assistant Commissioner of Police Madhukar Sankhe. Last week, the Bombay High Court, while granting the party permission...
03:15 PM, Oct 18, 2010
Mumbai: A report says that by 2020, lung diseases will become the second biggest killer globally. A new study finds that nearly half of Mumbai's traffic cops have severely damaged lungs. A 100 million Indians suffer from some sort of respiratory diseases. Inhaling heavy traffic fumes everyday; these traffic policemen are perhaps the worst hit by rising air pollution levels. And to raise awareness about the health hazards from toxic...
10:45 AM, Oct 17, 2010
When the MSC Napoli, a container ship, was beached off the coast of Cornwall in England three years ago, not everyone was distressed by the tonnes of bunker oil from the ship's tanks making its way to the shore. With the oil slick, the tide also brought in containers filled with all manner of goods including BMW motorcycles and automobile spares. Police had to be brought in to patrol the...
12:29 PM, Sep 20, 2010
Mumbai: The Mumbai oil spill has severely damaged the fragile mangrove forests, which are critical to the ecosystem. Even as MSC Chitra continues to tilt unsteadily and choppy waters hamper Coast Guard's attempts to stabilise her, the Government is mincing no words in calling the oil spill one of the worst environmental disasters India has seen. Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh came down heavily on the city's ports, saying they...
07:49 PM, Aug 14, 2010
Samir Sangal exposes the unplanned construction work carried out by the PWD in the national capital. ...
04:10 PM, Jun 05, 2010
Bharti Chaturvedi and her green army are working to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities. ...
03:55 PM, Jun 05, 2010
Pradeep Bhatia takes on municipal authorities for not taking garbage to disposal plant. ...
02:59 PM, Jun 05, 2010
London: People who live in urban areas where air pollution is high tend to have higher blood pressure (BP) than those who live in less polluted areas, says a new research. The researchers used data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, an ongoing population-based study of almost 5,000 individuals that focusses on the development of heart disease. They analysed the effects of air pollution exposure on blood pressure between 2000...
10:22 AM, May 17, 2010
Wealthier you are, the more damage you do: study. ...
10:52 AM, May 06, 2010
Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control ...
02:11 PM, Jan 28, 2010
It has been found that Lake has shrunk, become more polluted. ...
10:51 AM, Jan 24, 2010
