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<script language="javascript"> function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20050531/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=600,height=260,scrollbars=yes") } </script> An average Indian spends more time on washing as compared to people of other countries. Worldwide, washing has a gender bias, with women spending more time in the activity than men. 
- 30/05/2005
- - Water Demand
 - Women
 - Cleaners
 - Australia
 - India
Phase out plan unveiled

Parks, schools and hospitals in Quebec would soon become pesticide-free. Thanks to the pressure mounted by the public and environmental groups, this Canadian province will ban the use of most
- 14/08/2002
- Down To Earth
- - Pesticides
  - Canada
  - Habitat
  - Legislation
Set immobile

Magnetic wood planks can curb inconsiderate mobile phone use
- 14/08/2002
- Down To Earth
Pollution crackdown

MOST CITY dwellers are acutely aware of the growing problem of pollution. Now, action against this scourge seems to be heating up. Hyderabad's polluted Hussain Sagar lake may get a new lease of life
- 14/09/1992
- Down To Earth
Cool City

Trees and reflective coatings on houses could reduce air conditioning costs and pollution
- 14/06/1995
- Down To Earth
In court

Flaring concern: Nigeria's rural communities affected by gas-flaring recently filed a lawsuit in the federal High Court in Benin city to make oil giants Shell, Exxon, Chevron and Total desist from
- 30/07/2005
From deluge to drought

BOMBAY's residents are always ready for a deluge -- it is drought that they fear. And, the grim sceptre of waterless days has risen this year. Water levels in lakes Vaitarana, Tansa, Tulsi
- 30/08/1992
- Down To Earth
- - India
  - Mumbai
Drastic step

Andhra government mulls draconian laws on rainwater harvesting
- 30/07/2002
- Down To Earth
Controlled flow

The simmering water dispute between Mexico and the us seems to have been finally settled. The border countries reached an agreement under which Mexico will release about 111 million cubic
- 30/07/2002
- Down To Earth
Menace at work

Workplaces are great. They give you money, satisfaction and a sense of belongingness. But some of them in China are giving their workers considerable nightmares. About 230,000 workers, mostly
- 30/07/1996
- Down To Earth
Act Now

The current pipe-drains-plant strategy is not working. Therefore, more of the same, without reworking its approach, will mean just more money down the drain. The Yamuna is Delhi's shame. But its pollution management is its government's shame. It cannot be acceptable that we have spent money, time and energy, but have so little. 
- 29/04/2005
Wheels within wheels

Car pools for urban traffic blues
- 14/07/2005
INDIA

 Delhi has the dubious distinction of being the fourth most polluted city in the world according to a report prepared by the committee on environment and forests which was tabled recently in
- 30/10/1996
- Down To Earth
- - Dengue
  - India
  - Delhi
Dial tol free

The 'innocent-looking' telephone directory has been the target of the ire of US environmentalists. Recently, they had much to cheer about when the city council of Santa Monica, California,
- 29/06/1996
- - Deforestation
  - United States Of America (US)
Beach banes

THE Mediterranean coastline has become a dumping ground for cement, asbestos and chemical companies in northern Lebanon, which release cancer- causing toxins into it. According to
- 29/06/1996
- Down To Earth
Going to town with agriculture

Helped by a proactive government, residents of Havana resort to urban agriculture to solve their food crisis
- 14/01/2001
Delhi

On June 7, 2000, the Delhi Jal Board and the Municipal Corporation announcement that they would create 150 ponds for rainwater harvesting. TAPAS, a non-governmental organisation, approached the Delhi
- 29/06/2002
Bytes

family tree: An interesting project using genetics to trace how humans colonised the earth was launched recently. Called the Genographic Project, it proposes to collect DNA from hundreds of
- 29/06/2005
- - Tribals
  - Genetic Engineering
Collecting smog

Tokyo, like all other major cities has heavy vehicular traffic, and a lot of smog as a result. KojiTakeuchi, a chemical engineer at the National Institute for Resources and Environment in
- 14/06/1996
- Down To Earth
- - Vehicular Pollution
  - Japan
Survival kit

HUNDREDS of foundries at Howrah, West Bengal, facing closure may hope to survive after all. The Supreme Court had recently ordered the closure of these units for pot implementing pollution
- 30/05/1996
- Down To Earth
- - Pollution Control
  - India