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Air pollutants inside a home may change your behaviour
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 4 (ANI): Identifying nasty microscopic air pollutants in your home can be a difficult task, but what if you could?
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Know how chemical pollution affects whales
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep30 (ANI): Chemical pollutants, banned more than 40 years ago, are still having a devastating effect on marine life and could lead to the disappearance of half the world's killer whale population before the end of the century.
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Environmental pollutants could weaken your kidneys
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): Certain environmental pollutants, according to a study, may be the reason for deteriorating kidney health in individuals.
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New material found to eliminate organic pollutants in water
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 06 (ANI): A group of researchers has developed a material capable of the absorption of organic pollutants present in water.
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Ozone exposure associated with higher risk of childhood asthma
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): Dear parents, take note! Exposure to ozone - a common air pollutant - increases the risk of childhood asthma by 82 percent, finds a study.
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Do environmental factors have an effect on rheumatoid arthritis?
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): In a new mouse study, researchers have found a link between rheumatoid arthritis and environmental pollutants.
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Pakistan's Punjab Province is poisoning Sindh
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab Province is poisoning the people of Sindh by releasing pollutants into rivers which flow into Sindh, according to a grave warning issued by the Sindh Assembly.
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Proximity to oil, gas facility could increase health risk
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 10 (ANI): If you are living near oil and gas facilities, chances are you could be at higher risk of diseases, according to a study.
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Air pollution can lead to lung cancer
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital, with levels regularly exceeding those in Beijing, China.
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Gadkari, Kejriwal review Delhi's sewage treatment plants on Yamuna
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting to review the sewage treatment plants (STPs) on Yamuna River and discussed measures to make the water body free from pollutants.
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AQI of Delhi-NCR in 'very poor' category
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Friday released the new air quality index (AQI) data of Delhi-NCR with prominent pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 in 'very poor' category.
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Is April 2018 date to roll out BS-VI fuel in Delhi feasible?
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): As a measure to reduce the toxicity in Delhi's air, which rises every year during the winters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on Wednesday advanced rolling out of Bharat Stage (BS)-VI fuel in the national capital by two years to April 2018. Read More
