Clean up act
California strengthens air quality norms for particulate matter
California strengthens air quality norms for particulate matter
Passive smoking adversely affects lung function of females
29/06/2002
Waterborne diseases are the biggest threat to children
Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year
Fast food and slow death
When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ
Children don t have a voice. They can t lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India s medical establishment and the civil society
Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their special bodies make them most vulnerable to a host of diseases
Union ministers squabble over aphrodisiac musk
FINE KILL The health effect of ULTRAFINE particles - smaller than 0.1 micron in diameter - on human health was never properly studied. Epidemiological studies done till now only linked the effects
It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit respirable particulates are way above danger mark in most cities monitored. Yet government and industry are only too happy to join hands to script mass obitua
A recent US study has conclusive evidence on the deadly nature of fine particulate matter in the air. These unseen particles, mostly emitted by the combustion of fossil fuels, are cutting our lives shorter by increasing the chances of lung cancer and
The dust mite too poses an exacerbate asthma
14/01/2002
Asthma control regime Step 1: Symptoms occuring less than once a week Clinical features before treatment Daily medication required to maintain
14/01/2002
Best treatment is reserved only for the rich. The poor have to make do with ineffective substitutes
14/01/2002
A hundred medicines, a dozen therapies but no cure, that is the story of asthma treatment world wide. Complementary medicine fill the vacuum
Asthma incidences can be reduced by controlling air pollution
14/01/2002
Asthma, the bane of modern life, stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32 million people in India by 2010. The silent strangler has a propensity to waylay its victims, striking with stealth. An analysis into what triggers the killer which
Several reports from large metropolitan cities have indicated significant association between acute morbidity and mortality from cardio-respiratory disorders and daily levels of major pollutants in the ambient air.