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How herbal are herbal cosmetics?

The state of medicinal plant conservation in India

Both allopathy and Indian systems of medicine can gain from each other, provided practitioners interact with an open mind

Developing herbal contraceptives

Greed has taken a heavy toll on the wealth of herbs in India. Manufacturers of herbal products are cutting the very branch on which the industry is perched

High levels of toxic metal found in herbal drugs

The government, the judiciary and the people have to take action together to stop environmental damage. Laws have to be enacted and cases taken up on a priority. But laws alone will achieve little. If no action is taken on court orders, the land and the p

Evaluation of damage: the Exxon Valdez case

Disaster relief in Australia, Britain and USA

If predictions of global warming turn out to be true, the ludicrous decisions taken at the Kyoto conference will prove very costly to the world