'Scrubber sludge' finds a potent market
Some U.S. electric utilities are spinning gold out the gunk they once spewed in the air. To comply with the 1970 Clean Air Act, power companies have been "scrubbing" the smoke coming out of their
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Tobacco terror pictures for cigarette packs
Graphic pictures illustrating rotting teeth and gangrenous limbs could be emblazoned on cigarette packs after EU governments and members of parliament reached agreement on sweeping anti-smoking
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Severe snoring tied to strokes
Severe snoring appears to increase the risk of stroke by briefly reducing blood flow to the brain, scientists report from Case Western Reserve University in Cleaveland and the University Hospital
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WHO to set norms on mustard oil testing
The World health Organisation (WHO) is in the process of laying down standards for testing of mustard oil to prevent the occurrences of dropsy which is caused due to adulteration in the oil,
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Green thumbs down over slow steps forward
Green groups have attacked the Hong Kong government progress on environmental issues as "a bureaucratic nightmare". The administration has given 43 environmental pledges, but only eight have been
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Polluting cos to be kept off municipal limits
Highly polluting industries will not be allowed to be established within seven kms of a naitonal park or within the civic limits of all municipal corporation. These industries will also not be
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China bans sale of blood but few people donate it
A Chinese law banning the buying and selling of blood took effect. The law reflects a growing uneasiness in China about the heavy reliance on paid blood donors. This reliance is contributing to the
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Railways to stop using plastics by '98 end
Union minister for railways Nitish Kumar announced that the railway would discontinue the use of disposable plastic and polythene items by the end of this year as part of a national efort to check
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Foot-and-Mouth disease intrudes, putting Britain farmers in dread
To prevent the spread of the foot-and-mouth disease hunting, fishing and many sports events have been canceled in Britain. Parks, forests and zoos have been closed. Dolly, the
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U.S. will sponsor U.N. resolution
The U.S. will sponsor a United Nations resolution condemning China's human rights record, a move that China rebutted by cataloging what it considers rights abuses in the
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Mixed response from paper units
The budget has been a mixed bag for the paper industry. While paper manufacturers using wood (pulp) as raw material have no complaints, agro-waste and paper-waste based paper mills are
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Researcher finds Rongelap now safe for habitation
Radiation levels on deserted Rongelap Island near the former U.S. nuclear test site on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific have dropped to levels safe for human habitation, according to a study by a Japanese
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SC wants states' reply on foetus-test PIL by March 30
Annoyed with the failure of the states to respond to a petition seeking implementation of provisions banning pre-natal sex diagnosis leading to female infanticide, the Supreme Court today warned that
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Farms policy
The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has been blamed for many things but it cannot be held directly responsible for the present outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK. Bearing
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Europe's beef farmers find turning organic a tough chew
Changing the way Europe produces beef is easier said than done. There is plenty of demand for safer food. In fact, the drumbeat of bad news down on European farms just keeps getting louder; the mad
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New dept soon to execute AJK farm project
The AJK government would shortly establish an authority to execute a development project in the irrigation and drainage sector, an official said on Friday. Mushtaq Awan, project coordinator of the
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Monsanto expects more Biotech acreage this year
Monsanto Co. expects farmers to plant more of its genetically modified crops this year than last year, a company official said Tuesday. "I feel confident that in every core crop, a core crop being
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Corn seed tainted by gene-altered protein - report
Corn seed about to be sold to farmers for this year's crop was found to be contaminated by traces of a genetically modified variety of the grain that prompted massive recalls last year, the
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Scientists rebuke critics' claim that Golden Rice is useless
Golden Rice, claimed to be created to address the severe Vitamin A deficiency in developing countries, like any other product of agricultural biotechnology, has created a lot of debate across the
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SC verdict favours Bhopal victims
Supreme Court has restored the right of many Bhopal gas victims, who have been denied death and injury compensation so far, to claim their compensation within 60 days after fresh notification of