Development of new and improved vaccines for such diseases as rotavirus diarrhea and pneumococcal pneumonia, as well as greater deployment of under used vaccines, can save up to 12 million lives a
Makoto Yokoyama, is fighting a local incinerator over dioxin emissions, spurred on by the deaths from cancer last July of two fellow activists who lived near the facility. Yokoyama leads eight
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) when burned inappropriately, releases the toxic dioxin gas. The Law for the Promotion of Stored Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packages, which requires producers
The National Institute for Minamata Disease said it has worked with Taisei Corp. to develop an energy efficient, low cost way to remove mercury from contaminated soil. Special catalysts are mixed in
A research team participating in the Kato Cytoprotein Network Project, which is part of the Japan Science & Technology Corp.'s ERATO program, said it has developed a way to mass produce useful
The rampant use of the brickfields of Moulvibazar ad Habibganj districts is going on unabated. As a result, forest resources, shed trees in the teagardens and different kinds of immature trees in the
A substantial number of fish are found dead in the Yercaud lake, the most sought after tourist spot in Salem district, allegedly due to a mysterious disease. The dead fish are found to have a severe
The mass slaughter of all the 62,000 pigs at a farm in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern started on Saturday after swine fever was found
Take cue from South cities: The models of Chennai, Bangalore and some other South Indian cities may be followed by the Guwahatians to save their own city from the menace of garbage, said Pollution
Report : Statistics show that child labourers in Nepal have doubled in the past four years. According to a newly released report, there are about one million child labourers in Nepal at
