Lower arsenic standards for rural people in the US
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3d mouse: Scientists in the US have developed a fast, high-resolution, 3D mouse embryo visualisation technique that may revolutionise the way birth defects and cancer genes are studied in animal
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A victim of urbanisation
The wetlands of Bangalore are falling prey to rapid urbanisation, according to a paper prepared by a group of researchers. The report says urbanisation is also affecting water quality. It notes the
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Dumping site
a 16.2 hectare-site for dumping hazardous waste generated from industries has been identified by the Delhi government. The site, the first of its kind in India, is situated on the
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Rain havoc
Torrential rains have caused destruction in many cities in Pakistan's central Punjab province, claiming 61 lives and rendering nearly 15,000 homeless. Nearly 1,000 houses have collapsed and about
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City of thirst
Madras is a chronically water-starved metropolis, and it provides invaluable insights into how integrated water management could be the last life-saver
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Chernobyl
Twenty years ago on April 26, 1986 the biggest nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union, when a chain reaction went out of control and blew the lid off the reactor. The fallout has been catastrophic, with the resulting
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Bangalore besieged
Respiratory problems increase with rise in air pollution in Bangalore
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Rising from the rubble
Gujarat s quake victims are still picking up the pieces
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The modus operandi
Villagers engaging in illegal cutting and smuggling of sandalwood have evolved ingenious methods to avoid detection.
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Much of today's environmental impacts originate in cities
The world has seen a dramatic shift to urban living. In 1900, only 10 per cent of the global population were urban dwellers; now it's more than 50 per cent. More than 95 per cent of the net increase
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The idea of a clean city
could well become a myth by 2007. More than half of the world' s population by then would be urban dwelling. The urban ecological footprint would fall over larger proportions of common resources says the 'Global Environment Outlook Three' report of the Un
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BRAZIL
Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America is to introduce permanent restrictions on the use of cars in an attempt to alleviate the city's growing transport problems and curb pollution. Residents
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New York to get its first public toilets
new York City is geared up for its first 20 public toilets. The self-washing and wheelchair-accessible toilets are expected to come up in December 2007 at Madison Square Park, Manhattan. It will
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Waste, by any other name...
An official of the state government was explaining, at a meeting, the progress made to set up sewage treatment plants, drains and diversionary sewers in pursuit of a Supreme Court order to clean up
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Air Attack
Asthma incidences can be reduced by controlling air pollution
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Drunk on water
A full 10th of the city's water creates the most pampered oasis in the country
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Iceland's hydrogen society
Iceland has moved one step closer to its goal of using only renewable sources of energy by the year 2030. It recently inaugurated the world's first hydrogen fuel station in the capital city of
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Toyota s tall claim
Reducing automobile emissions to zero is perfectly possible, claims a recent Toyota advertisement. The ad describes how the auto giant s hybrid technology cuts fuel consumption by almost 40 per cent, compared with conventional petrol engines...
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Friends for a cause
Eco-friends, a non-governmental organisation, has been striving to control pollution and protect the environment in Kanpur. One of its tasks is to depollute the Ganges, whose stretch along Kanpur