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Love samosa, pakoras and vada pav? FSSAI issues fresh warning on newspaper-wrapped street snacks. Here's why it could be riskyIndia's food safety regulator, FSSAI, has reissued a stern warning against using newspapers for wrapping, serving, or storing food like sam...- Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
- Why battery recycling units across India are harmful for children and pregnant womenA new study by Toxics Link reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling units across India, with levels signif...
- High lead levels found in soil near battery recycling units in several parts of India: StudyA new study reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling facilities in Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Utta...
- Lead in your Protein Powders & Shakes? Report finds high level of toxic heavy metals in popular US brands; FDA under fire amid safety concernsA recent investigation revealed alarming lead levels in popular protein powders and shakes across the US. Consumer Reports found many produ...
- Cancer-linked neurotoxic metals found in dark chocolate. Should you worry?Lead and cadmium are found in dark chocolate, a new study has found. The researchers tested 72 dark chocolate bars.
- Heavy metal toxicity found in veggies grown in Yamuna floodplains: NGT-appointed panel reportThe level of lead detected in samples collected from the floodplain ranges from 2.8mg/kg to 13.8mg/kg, it said, adding heavy metal toxicity...
- Across India, high levels of toxins in groundwaterApart from nitrate contamination, the presence of fluoride, iron, arsenic and heavy metals has also touched worrying levels.
- Holi colours carry heavy metal risk; can cause renal failure, blindnessExperts warn that Holi colours may contain heavy metals that could have a number of harmful health effects in the long run; the use of herb...
- Invasive alien plants could be promoted as foodKolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Invasive plant species such as alligator weed, which threatens natural ecosystem, could be promoted as a food produc...
- Shiv Nadar University researchers say new compound can help contain mercury poisoningThe process takes a few minutes to hours, depending upon the form in which the organic mercury pollutant is present, the university said in...
- Metal pollution behind world's largest extinction events: StudyHeavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...
- Sea of trash pollutes water, air in DelhiPeople living close to some of Delhi’s landfills are routinely exposed to extremely polluted air and those drinking groundwater from the ar...
- Bengaluru to get top-end lab for water testing soonThe planned facility in Jayanagar 4th T Block will be housed in a four story building that will meet the standards laid down by the NABL.
- CAG slams Kerala Ayurveda company for laxity in manufacturingThe report also said the company admitted that it has the facility to test only microbial and physico-chemical parametres of products.
- Rain not washing away Yamuna toxinsThere seems to be a continuous discharge of industrial effluents into the Delhi stretches of Yamuna so that there is no improvement in post...
- Industrial waste polluting ecosystem of Sundarbans: ReportIndustries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans.
- Industrial waste polluting Sundarbans ecosystem: ReportIndustries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans.
- Water bodies getting polluted due to immersionYear after year, religious festivals culminate with idol immersions in lakes and rivers.
- BARC scientists recover uranium, cobalt-60 from N-wasteUse of radiation-resistant micro- organisms have enabled scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to recover heavy metals like ur...
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