A report on health and the environment jointly released by the World Resources Institute (WRI), UNDP and the UN Environment Programme and the World Bank warns of increasing human health risks due to
Long term stress can make you sick : Studies under way at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh suggest that psychological stress is also a very important factor in determining who gets sick when
As the 50th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) got underway in Oman, Greenpeace condemned moves by the IWC which could allow a return to large scale industrial
Repetitive strain injury used to be considered an illness of middle aged office and factory workers. But more and more high school and college students are complaining of RSI
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pune, is planning to set up a 200-tonne per day Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) treatment plant. PCMC, one of the wealthiest municipal bodies in the
Despite technological advances in medical science, diseases like common cold and malaria continue to play havoc with large groups of populations more so in the third world. Malaria continues to be
The decision by the Central government not to provide additional funds for the Ganga action plan in West Bengal may well ring the death knell of this ambitious project. When it was launched in 1984,
Hunger is threatening millions of people in Brazil's northeastern region as a severe drought dries up the earth and kills crops. This years drought is the worst in 15
Faced with darkening skies from distant fires, Mexico City officials could do little more during the weekend that watch weather forecasts and hope the already choking air pollution would not get
An exhaustive report by the Assembly's committee on the environment says that under Gov. George E. Pataki, New York State workers are spending far less time than they once did on crucial functions