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500 fresh applications seek compensation to endosulfan victims
MLA K Vasanth Bangera said a total of 500 fresh applications have been received seeking compensation for the reported effects of endosulfan.
Talking to reporters after receiving applications from the members of the public at Kokkada near here on Sunday, he said deserving people can still apply for the compensation.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Hexabromocyclodecane (HBCD) in composite U.S. food samples
Production and use of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants has been reduced or eliminated because of concerns about health effects of these environmentally persistent compounds, but hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) flame retardants are still in wide use. Schecter et al.
- Date:
- Mar 2010
- Source:
- Environmental Health Perspectives Vol: 18 Issue: 3 pp: 357-362
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Estimation of PCB stocks, emissions, and urban fate: Will our policies reduce concentrations and exposure?
PCBs, used to manage risks from the flammability of dielectric fluids and to increase the durability of elastic sealants, had declining environmental concentrations after legislation banning new production was passed during the 1970s and 1980s in Europe and North America.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
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- Environmental Science & Technology pp: 1-7
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Identifying new persistent and bioaccumulative organics among chemicals in commerce
The goal of this study was to identify commercial chemicals that might be persistent and bioaccumulative (P&B) and that were not being considered in current Great Lakes, North American, and Arctic contaminant measurement programs.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
- Source:
- Environmental Science & Technology pp: 1-9
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CSE supports environment minister on Bt-brinjal
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has come out in support of the verdict on Bt-brinjal announced by Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (independent charge) for Environment and Forests.
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- Date:
- 14/02/2010
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CSE supports environment minister on Bt-brinjal: press release, Feb 9, 2010
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has come out in support of the verdict on Bt-brinjal announced by Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (independent charge) for Environment and Forests.
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- Date:
- Feb 2010
- Source:
- Centre for Science and Environment
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Thiruvananthapuram’s toxic lab
Reema Narendran
Citizens rejoice! Our city is developing at such a remarkable rate that the city ponds are becoming experimental grounds for pesticides and herbicides hitherto unknown in the country. And the cityfathers at the Corporation, either consciously or otherwise, have given a silent nod.
- Date:
- 04/02/2010
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- New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Bt Brinjal: the truth behind it
As eight states have said no to Union government's plan to approve Bt Brinjal, this timely booklet by Greenpeace details its impacts on environment & health and opposes the commercial release of this GM Crop.
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- Date:
- 02/02/2010
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Neonatal organophosphorus pesticide exposure alters the developmental trajectory of cell-signaling cascades controlling metaboli
Recent studies have indicated that organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) may disrupt metabolism by altering the expression or function of adenylyl cyclase (AC; the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of cAMP from ATP) or G-proteincoupled receptors and G-proteins involved in the AC signaling cascade.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
- Source:
- Environmental Health Perspectives Vol: 118 Issue: 2 pp: 210-215
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Beware! Liquor in PET bottles toxic
A recent research that is sure to spoil the party of those consuming country-made liquor in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh has shown that some toxic components in PET bottles migrate to the beverages stored in them, a fact that could even lead to cancer.
- Date:
- 01/02/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
