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Drive against gene crops

A coalition of consumers, farmers and environment groups launched a campaign on Tuesday to reverse a French Government decision allowing the production of genetically-altered

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Measures for updated data on environment soon

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29/01/1998

The Government will soon take measures to strengthen its statistical system to offer updated information on the environmental sector in the country. This was indicated by the Secretary in the

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Brent Spar should pave the way for permanent ban on dumping all offshore installations

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29/01/1998

Greenpeace welcomed the announcement by Shell that it will not dump the Brent Spar at sea, but criticised the company for taking two years and spending millions of pounds to come up with its

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Researchers get a grip on runaway runaways

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29/01/1998

NASA is leading an international effort, beginning this week, to help prevent accidents by aircraft losing traction on icy runaways. Ice or snow on a runaway was a factor in approximately 30 airplane

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New information can help identify ecologically sound alternatives

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29/01/1998

In a move to empower American architects to help protect one of the most important ancient forests remaining in North America while decreasing toxic chemicals in our environment, Greenpeace reached

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Too much coffee may double the risk of cot death

Researchers have found that pregnant women who drink three or more cups of coffee a day may be harming their unborn child.

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Private blood banks may be barred from holding donation camps

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29/01/1998

The Delhi government is going to issue directives to private bloodd banks to stop organising voluntary donation camps . In a meeting on Wednesday of senior officials of the Union and Delhi governmant

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Non-iodised salt banned

The government on Wednesday imposed a ban on sale, possession or consumption of non-iodised salt. An official notification, amending the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, prohibits any

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Green focus

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29/01/1998

These are the best and worst of times for grassroots environmentalists in China. Just ask Xi Zhinong. The 33 year old government photographer learned in 1995 that a small county in Yunnan province

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Power to the people

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29/01/1998

Advances in photovoltaics or PV, the technology that turns sunlight into electricity have made it an attrative alternative to conventional power sources in China. Renewable energies like solar power

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