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28th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
Karin E Zimmer's PhD research shows that persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as PCB and mixtures of different POPs, affect the way the adrenal cortex functions and thereby the synthesis of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol plays a...
28th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
Polyethylene mulches, used widely in commercial vegetable production to improve crop yields and produce quality, have distinct disadvantages. Disposal options are limited, and plastic mulches often end up in landfills, being burned, or disposed of il...
21st Dec 2010 - Indian Express
Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti, occupying one of the prime locations of Delhi, will soon gain a green cover and cleanliness deserving of an area with such historical importance. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), as part of its renewal project, ...
22nd Dec 2010 - Hindustan Times
Patients complaining of chest and throat infections have shot up in the past two weeks. Experts have blamed high pollution levels in the Capital for this. "At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, patients coming with chest infections ...
23rd Dec 2010 - The Times Of India
GURGAON: While the state government appears to be waiting for the completion of the Rs 1,830-crore Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway to lower the pollution levels in the city, IT firms are doing whatever they can to contain the increasin...
29th Jul 2010 - Indian Express.com
The cheetah will run again in India. The Ministry of Environment and Forests today cleared a Rs 300-crore plan to raise 18 cheetahs at three sites — six in each — in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Ministry of Environment and Forests h...
26th Jul 2010 - Tribune News Service-Delhi
Bathinda, July 26 In view of reports of the presence of uranium and other heavy metals besides arsenic in canal and underground water that were causing deadly diseases like cancer, the state government has constituted a five-member ...
25th Jul 2010 - The Assam Tribune
GUWAHATI, July 25 – ThePollutionControl Board Assam (PCBA) which is working on an action plan to clean the highly polluted Bharalu river with support of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is awaitingthe draf...
24th Jul 2010 - THE TIMES OF INDIA
NAGPUR: Residents of Paoni in Bhandara district have lodged a strong protest with district collector Pravin Darade over discharge of sewage water into Nag River, consequently polluting the Wainganga through the Kanhan river.In a memorandum sub...
21st Jul 2010 - The Hindu
KANNUR: A team of experts, constituted by the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority, on Tuesday, visited the controversial mangrove theme park on the northern bank of the Valapattanam river to assess the damage caused by the park to the ecologica...