EnviroXchange

Long-Lasting Chemicals Threaten the Environment and Human Health

22nd Dec 2010 - Science Daily

Every hour, an enormous quantity and variety of human-made chemicals, having reached the end of their useful lifespan, flood into wastewater treatment plants. These large-scale processing facilities, however, are designed only to remove nutrients, tu...

Lavasa: No court stay on govt order

23rd Dec 2010 - Times Of India

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday admitted a petition filed by Lavasa Corporation against the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) but granted no stay on the status quo order passed recently by the ministry. A bench of Justice ...

Low emission zones could tackle air pollution, says environmentalist

22nd Jul 2010 - Energy Saving Trust

Low emission zones could be one way in which the UK could tackle toxic air pollution from vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. This is according to Ed Dearnley, policy officer at Environmental Protection UK. He said: "What we can do is use low emissio...

Law to make producers responsible for e-waste

16th Dec 2009 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/law-to-make-producers-responsible-for-e-waste/379656/

Starting next fiscal, consumers in India will be no more required to bother about managing their electronic and electrical equipment at the end of the lifecycle. The Centre is in the process of bringing out a legislation based on the draft proposals ...

Leading Halitosis Expert Invents Bio-Oxidation Method To Rid Bad Breath

17th Jun 2010 - http://www.prlog.org/10744144-leading-halitosis-expert-invents-bio-oxidation-method-to-rid-bad-breath.html

As a dentist, he works very closely to his patients and having to experience his patients' breath has been part of his job for the last 25 years.For dentists, having patients with bad breath is an unpleasant reality and while most dentists dism...

Low-carbon economy could create 10.5 mn jobs

07th Apr 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/low-carbon-economy-could-create-105-mn-jobs-report/90610/on

A shift towards low-carbon economy to tackle climate change would create at least 10.5 million direct jobs in the renewable sector in the country, according to a report prepared by Global Climate Network (GCN). "Implementation of the Indian governmen...

Laos schools turn garbage into money

30th Dec 2009 - Printed from Times of India

Kumar Manish, TNN 28 December 2009, 11:49pm IST AHMEDABAD: The way to go is green and these kids are learning it young. Children from a Laos school are turning garbage into money and another group from Thailand learns planting trees as part of its...