Cancer cluster in Nevada sparks call for emergency aid
Officials in Fallon, Nevada, have called for emergency aid in order to find the cause of a cancer cluster amongst children in the city. Eleven children who have ties with Fallon, which has
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Lead toxicity in urban kids cross danger levels
In an alarming finding, about 30 per cent of children in urban cities and towns in India were found to have higher than the recommended levels of lead toxicity which would cause serious health
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Air pollution cause for high lead toxicity among kids
In an alarming finding, about 30 per cent of children in urban cities and towns in the country were found to have higher than the recommended levels of lead toxicity which would cause serious health
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Conserving mangroves : Officials pass the buck
When it comes to conserving mangroves, the Maharashtra government and city authorities in Mumbai turn a blind eye. The Times of India newspaper had reported large scale felling in the lush mangroves
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Irked by govt indecisiveness, Bhuj residents turn militant
Rebellion is brewing in Bhuj against the Gujarat government's indecisiveness on relocating residents of the old city, one of the worst affected in the January 26 quake. The residents have threatened
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Probe ordered into slaughter of cows
In what appears to be a major racket of stealing cows from Delhi and slaughtering them in Haryana for selling their beef in the Capital, a city court has directed the Commissioner of police to
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MCH takes steps to prevent GE outbreak
With as many as 16 cases of gastro-enteritis being reported last week in the city of Hyderabad, the civic authorities have swung into
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Gujarat to set up body for planned urbanisation
The Government has decided to set up Gujarat City Development Corporation, for planned systematic development of fast growing urban centres and conglomerates in the State. The decision to have the
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Corpn. to use biocide again to control mosquito menace
The Chennai Corporation for the second time in a year will experiment with biocide to control the mosquito menace prevalent in many parts of the city. The earlier initiative to use the bio-larvicide
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- Act now to save Yamuna
Workshop : India Council for Enviro-Legal Action on Saturday conducted a workshop on water pollution and control strategies which was attended by representatives from about 40 city schools. The
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200 hospitalised with gastro
High incidence of gastroenteritis was reported in some parts of the city with the admission of around 200 cases during the last two days at the Fever hospital, in Hyderabad at Nallakunta.According to
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NuGas Technologies bags order to convert 130 buses to CNG
Delhi-based NuGas Technologies has bagged a 130-bus order for conversion and retrofitting diesel and petrol vehicles in the city to
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Beijing vows curb on air pollution
Beijing, officially the most polluted city in China, has undertaken a massive campaign to clear its smoggy air by 2000. The murky metropolis plans to plant trees, curb vehicle and industrial
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Non-implementation causing environmental pollution
The impasse in the implementation of Syedabad Water Treatment Plant has been causing unprecedented river and environmental pollution in the suburbs of the capital city Dhaka like Barogram under
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European cities are still discharging raw sewage into environment
The European Commission has launched a series of 'name-and-shame' seminars on city sewage throughout the Union in an attempt to turn around major delays by member states in implementing the
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- Throat infection in walled city
Residents of the walled city, after facing and bearing unseasonal rains and its consequences are now in the grop of throat infection and fever. Their problem is being aggravated because of the
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Contaminated water : Ryots suffer boils
Farmers of Tadambail region have complained to officers of the city corporation who visited the area that they are suffering from a strange skin disease because of contaminated water being let in to
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Banks and European nations fund environmental clean-up of Russian city
Two European banks, Sweden and Denmark are to assist the Russian Federation in funding the environmental clean-up of the city of Kaliningrad on the Baltic
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Death toll in twin cities rises to 58
The death toll in Monday's monsoon rains in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has climbed to 58 as the rescue operation was still continuing on Wednesday, the authorities and eyewitnesses
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Creative resourcing of waste in Dhaka city
Dhaka City, with some 8 million inhabitants, is experiencing particularly serious difficulties in dealing with ever increasing waste disposition burdens. The amount of solid waste generated by the