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Centre issues guidelines for transportation of hazardous goods
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While the transportation of hazardous goods may be by land, sea, waterways, rail or even by air, the sensitivity and risk factors involved in the process require specific precautions to be taken.
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Harnessing good fats helps to relieve multiple sclerosis: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Basic nutrition teaches that excessive fat consumption is hazardous to human health. However, the components of fats are complex. Unsaturated fats, or lipids, can reduce illness risk. In fact, according to a new study, a healthy fat derivative may be able to reduce symptoms in people sufferi
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NSG to procure robots for surveillance purposes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The National Security Guard (NSG) will procure surveillance robots to reduce human intervention and provide seamless surveillance in a hazardous environment where continuous supervision and security are necessary.
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Clean Harbors - Leading U.S. Environmental Services Company Expands its Gl
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Clean Harbors Inc (NYSE: CLH) today announced the formal inauguration of its new office space in Skyview Building, Hitech City, Hyderabad. Since its founding in 1980 by Alan McKim, Clean Harbors has become North America's leading prov
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Study finds microscopic training grounds allow B cells fight against speci
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The microscopic biological structures known as germinal centres are the immune system's weapons-development facilities if B cells are the immune system's munitions manufacturers, producing antibodies to eliminate hazardous infections.
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Biodegradable medical gowns generate hazardous pollutants: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to new research published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, biodegradable medical gowns, which are supposed to be greener than conventional versions, instead, produce hazardous greenhouse gases.
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Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an el
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According to research, hazardous herbicide chemical goes airborne
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Dicamba drift" - the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere - can result in unintentional damage to neighbouring plants.
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Researchers find how ticks weaken skin's defense function
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): Scientists have yet to fully comprehend why ticks are such hazardous disease vectors. A team of researchers has discovered that tick saliva suppresses the skin's protective function, increasing the risk of infections like tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) or Lym
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Researchers discover harmful level of PFAS in school uniforms
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bloomington (Indiana) [US], September 21 (ANI): According to a study, schoolchildren in the United States and Canada are exposed to potentially hazardous levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through their uniforms on a daily basis. The researchers discovered PFAS in all nine
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US environmental regulators propose labelling 'forever chemicals' as hazar
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that it is proposing the designation of two of the most common poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals," as hazardous compounds under federal Superfund laws.
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Researchers identify chemo alternative for targeted treatment of leukemia
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
California [US], August 25 (ANI): Chemotherapy is a painful experience. The treatments in general have terrible side effects and it's no secret that the medications used are frequently hazardous to both the patient and the tumour. Because tumours spread so quickly, the theory is that chemoth
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