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Maneka threatens to sue Pataudi for shooting birds

Forest and environement minister Saifuddin Soz has strongly objected to the recent killings of migratory birds at Kashmir's Hojersar Wetland Reserve by former Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan

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03/01/1998
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More cases of dengue fever

Singapore had a record number of dengue fever and other mosquito-transmitted disease cases in 1997, the environment ministry

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Volcanic eruption in Mexico

Mexico's majestic Popocatepetl volcano erupted on Thursday,spewing out a massive gas cloud and setting off a series of tremors reaching up to 3.3 on the Richer scale, local media

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Bengal forestry programme to be replicated nationwide

The joint forest management approach and the social forestry programmes undertaken in West Bengal is set to be replicated in the rest of the country, according to Pranabes Sanyal, chief environment

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02/01/1998
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Experts express concern over arsenic problem in West Bengal

Science and policy must come together to consider the 'pyrites-oxidation hypothesis' and the proper course of action to counter arsenic contaminaiton of groundwater, according to Peter Ravenscroft,

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Quaker Oats, MIT settle suit on cereal test

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Quaker Oats Co. has agreed to pay a $1.85 million settlement to people who as children were fed radioactive cereal in the 1940s and 1950s as part of a

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Environmental tasks in 1998

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02/01/1998

President Clinton paid little attention to environmental issues when he first came to office, moved to higher ground as time went on and now has a fairly rosy reputation among conservationists.

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Poison from frog skin leads to a painkiller

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02/01/1998

Taking a clue from a deadly poison found in the skin of a South American forg, researchers have discovered painkiller that seems to have all of the benefits of morphine, but none of the damaging side

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NGOs doubt professional blood-donor ban success

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02/01/1998

Health workers in the city are sceptical over the success of the state government's ban on professional blood donors. Most non-government organisations and even the spokesperson of a government

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Toxic emissions cause for genetic disorders

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02/01/1998

In the absence of an effective control mechanism, the abundant and indiscriminate release of toxic elements by chemical, pharmaceutical, paint and certain other polluting industries in the twin

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