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BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...- California chemical leak: What is methyl methacrylate, a deadly chemical that has forced 50,000 residents to evacuate and can damage eyes, skin and lungs?Chemical leak in California: California declared a state of emergency after a toxic chemical leak at a Garden Grove manufacturing facility....
- Where native rats disappear, something far more dangerous takes overMadagascar's unique wildlife faces a threat from invasive black rats. These newcomers are pushing out native tufted-tailed rats from degrad...
- What Chernobyl’s Wolves Learned to Survive That Scientists Still Don’t Fully UnderstandWildlife thrives in Chernobyl's exclusion zone. Grey wolves there show remarkable genetic changes. These wolves have developed resistance t...
- Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
- One toxic exposure in pregnancy linked to disease risk across 20 generations, shocking rat study findsA new study from Washington State University reports that a single pregnancy exposure to a toxic fungicide can raise disease risk for 20 ge...
- Giant lake sits on a $540 billion Lithium jackpot, but scientists warn of ‘environmental disaster’: Here is whyCalifornia's Salton Sea holds vast lithium reserves worth $540 billion, essential for electric vehicle batteries. However, extracting this ...
- Research finds outdoor humidity, temperature during pregnancy can affect child's blood pressureExposure to outdoor humidity and temperature levels during pregnancy can affect offspring blood pressure. Higher relative humidity during p...
- Study finds higher temperatures can make dengue virus more virulentIncreasing temperatures could make the Dengue virus more virulent, according to researchers at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology. T...
- 'Every breath you take': Air pollution stifles Europe's health targets
- Second-hand smoke 10th biggest risk factor for cancer: Lancet studyThe researchers at the University of Washington, US assumed that all persons living with a daily smoker are exposed to tobacco smoke. They ...
- Pakistan's Lahore becomes world's third most polluted cityLahore ranked third behind Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar on the pollution index, according to Switze...
- Staying indoors can lead to respiratory diseases: 5 ways to improve air quality at work & homeIndoor air pollution can increase the risk of developing COPD.
- Trying to keep your kidneys safe? Watch out for the effect of pollutantsHumans are exposed to PFAS through contaminated soil, food, water, soil, and air.
- Exposure to even low dose X-rays could harm your heartLow exposure to doses of around 0.5 gray (Gy) - the equivalent of repeated CT scans - is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascula...
- Polluted environment kills 1.7 million children each year: WHOEvery year 570,000 children under five years die from respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, attributable to indoor and outdoor air pol...
- 40% Indians exposed to second hand smoke at home: World Health OrganizationDespite India's regulation on public smoking, 30 per cent adults are found exposed to second hand tobacco smoke at work, the study said.
- 25% of children in Bangalore are exposed to environmental diseasesDr Paramesh called on the policy makers of the country to take serious stock of the effect of environment on children and devise immediate ...
- Toxic waste sites detrimental to health in India: ResearchToxic waste sites in India with elevated levels of lead and chromium are causing disease, disability and even death, leading to loss of hea...
- Industrial chemicals make childhood vaccines less effectiveChildhood exposure to a group of chemicals used widely in a variety of products could reduce the effectiveness of common vaccines, a study ...
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