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Issue 23
March , 2010
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Image for bulleted text UPDATES

Image for bulleted text  Book: OUR TOXIC WORLD - A Guide to Hazardous Substances in our Everyday Lives

Our Toxic World Thumbnail The mode of development that the world—and India—has followed has led to a situation where we are surrounded by numerous ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Launch of mercury-free hospitals initiative and Circulation of letter by CMO (Hubli)

Toxics Link and HCWH jointly initiated the project "Hubli-Dharwad Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management" in eight HDMC ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Sustainable E-waste Management

The twentieth century marked the beginning of use of equipments like radio, television and a ground breaking discovery - ...More


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Image for bulleted text REPORT / INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Image for bulleted text  Plagued!

Thumbnail for the story Plague has been identified as a disease of concern to human, wildlife and domestic animal populations within the United ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Multiverse

Thumbnail for the story Whether life exists elsewhere in our universe is a long standing mystery. But for some scientists, there’s another inter ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Insecticide beats DDT in early trials

Thumbnail for the story Malaria researchers in Benin say they may have found a replacement for DDT in areas where mosquitoes are resistant to co ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Huge iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier

Thumbnail for the story An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceber ...More


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Image for bulleted text  New Lead-Based Paint Requirements from EPA

Thumbnail for the story In April 2008, EPA promulgated regulations governing renovations in target housing (i.e., any housing constructed prior ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Sea cucumber protein used to inhibit development of malaria parasite

Thumbnail for the story Scientists have genetically engineered a mosquito to release a sea-cucumber protein into its gut which impairs the devel ...More


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Image for bulleted text  How Ground Water Contamination Spreads

Thumbnail for the story Why are some wells contaminated and some are not? All wells are not equally vulnerable to contamination because of di ...More


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Image for bulleted text INTERVIEW

Image for bulleted text  "Graphic novels now cover all sorts of genres, from sci-fi to horror to war"

Thumbnail for the story After having worked for 2 years in Mumbai, for a company that made animated commercials,Priya Kuriyan,illustrator of Ou ...More


Image for bulleted text EDITORIAL

Image for bulleted text  Colour of the season:Green!

Thumbnail for the story It seems that the green conscience of India has not totally fallen asleep! It is indeed strange and uncharacteristic and ...More


Image for bulleted text NEWS

Image for bulleted text  Thames clean-up

Thumbnail for the story In the 1850s, the Thames in London was so polluted and stinking t ...More

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Image for bulleted text  51 pc school kids in metros at high risk of lead poisoning-----**Study traces it to lead-based paints, asks government to frame law*

Thumbnail for the story Sudden decline in IQ levels of children and unexplained retardati ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Treatment plant to ease pollution woes

Thumbnail for the story With the Ministry of Commerce according its principle approval to ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Bio Medical Waste in Chennai

Thumbnail for the story It was quite shocking to see a press report that almost 1500 tonn ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Rs 315-crore UP project to clean Ganga of effluents

Thumbnail for the story With an aim to upgrade the sewage system of Allahabad, the Nation ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Green code unveiled for zero-carbon Games

Thumbnail for the story An ecological code for the Commonwealth Games was released on Wed ...More

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Image for bulleted text  To manage e-waste, govt considers segregated disposal

Thumbnail for the story With Delhi emerging as a leading hub of electronic waste dumping ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Report shows Yamuna’s dirty faece

Thumbnail for the story We all know Yamuna water is not fit for bathing, let alone drinki ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Hazardous waste seized at TN port

Thumbnail for the story Customs officials have seized about 500 tonnes of hazardous waste ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Noida hospital dumps bio-waste in open

Thumbnail for the story Bio-medical waste is being dumped in the open in Noida district h ...More

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Image for bulleted text  India’s food security goals in danger

Thumbnail for the story Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Parliame ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Concretisation of drain beds irks environmentalists

Thumbnail for the story The Master Plan Delhi 2021 calls for environment assessment befor ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis

Thumbnail for the story Researchers at IBM on Tuesday said that they have discovered a wa ...More

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