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Background: Recovery and recycling are complementary process regimes. The extent of recycling in India can be gauged from the fact that used/bent nails are straightened and reused. Majority of the recovery and recycling units in India ...
EROSION by water has been considered as the most serious soil degradation problem in the humid tropical and subtropical India. Dhruvanarayana and Ram Babu analysed the existing soil loss data of the entire country and indicated that soil eros...
TOXICITY of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has seen an upsurge of interest in recent years. These compounds exhibit toxicity similar to that of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD). This information on PCB has prompted several investigat...
Mercury distribution in the environment has been a focus of scientific attention because of the potential health risks posed by mercury exposure. Never before in the history of mankind has there been such a vast multiplicity of environm...
Access to good quality, safe and nutritious food is considered a basic right of the people. Consumption of unsafe, contaminated food leads to food-borne diseases which cause considerable morbidity and mortality. In India the disea...
THE problem of environmental pollution due to toxic metals has begun to cause concern now in most major metropolitan cities. The toxic heavy metals entering the ecosystem may lead to geoaccumulation, bioaccumulation and biomagnification. Heav...
Plastics Waste: Environmental Issues and Challenges The quantum of solid waste is ever increasing due to increase in population, developmental activities, changes in life style, and socio-economic conditions, Plastics waste is a signif...
Electronics industry is the world\'s largest and fastest growing manufacturing industry. Rapid growth, combined with rapid product obsolescence and discarded electronics is now the fastest growing waste stream in the industrialized worl...
Hospitals are health institutions providing patient care services. It is the duty of hospitals and health care establishments to look after the public health. This may directly be through patient care or indirectly byensuring a clean, h...
Water bodies are being overwhelmed with bacteria and waste matter. Among toxic substances reaching hazardous levels are heavy metals (Regine and Volesky, 2000). Heavy metals of concern include lead, chromium, mercury, uranium, selenium, zinc,...