Snakes are entering suburban backyards more often. This is due to landscaping that offers food and shelter. Homeowners can make their yards...

Tired of mosquito bites and chemical repellents? Burnt coffee powder offers a simple, natural, and effective way to keep mosquitoes away. T...

Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...

A major controversy has emerged at the Vaishno Devi Temple after investigations found that much of the “silver” donated by devotees contain...

Silver offerings at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine are not pure silver. Assayers found offerings contained only 5-6% silver, with the rest being ...

A new study by Toxics Link reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling units across India, with levels signif...

A new study reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling facilities in Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Utta...

Grubby grout doesn't always mean costly renovation. A simple, science-backed DIY paste of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish soap eff...

A recent study reveals alarming pollution in clouds over Indian hill stations. The clouds over the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas cont...

Researchers at IIT Guwahati have created a new method to detect toxic metals in cells using perovskite nanocrystals. These nanocrystals, en...

Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Invasive plant species such as alligator weed, which threatens natural ecosystem, could be promoted as a food produc...

Heavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...

The report also said the company admitted that it has the facility to test only microbial and physico-chemical parametres of products.

Particles of toxic metals, generated by cars, may not only contaminate the air but also seep under the asphalt and harm the adjacent soil a...

After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab’s Malwa region last yea...

One in five herbal products used in so-called Ayurvedic medicine and sold over the internet contain harmful levels of toxic metals, a study...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a synthetic resin used as the basic material in plastics, among other things.