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Arsenic polluted groundwater linked to cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], May 1 (ANI): Due to consumption of contaminated drinking water, millions of people in Bihar, India are showing symptoms of arsenic poisoning.
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Polluted environment kills 1.7 million children every year: WHO
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Mar. 6 (ANI): A shocking report by World Health Organisation reveals that each year, environmental pollutants cost an estimated 1.7 million lives among children under five.
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Cipla initiates campaign for a pollution free Delhi; starts #saveyourlungs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The World Health Organization recently reported that 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. National Capital Delhi also figures in the list of 13. The environmental exposure to increasing air pollutants in Delhi is so immensely affecting
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Pollution to cripple NCR economy; golden triangle tourism to be hit, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): With Delhi and NCR getting the descriptive titles like 'gas chamber' and the world's most polluted city, the entire area of National Capital Region encompassing not only Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad but also right up to Meerut, Panipat, Bhiwadi
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Rise in pollution levels force Delhi-NCR schools to issue advisory
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): As Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) struggled with the polluted air, a few privately-run schools in Gurugram have declared holidays, while others issued advisories directing students to wear masks and suspended other outdoor activities.
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University of Chicago Urban Labs, Delhi govt. announce finalists for local
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): The University of Chicago Urban Labs and the Delhi government has announced the finalists in the Urban Labs Innovation Challenge: Delhi in an effort to improve air and water quality in one of the world's most polluted cities.
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Cloth masks offer poor protection against air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug.20 (ANI): A recent study by environmental health scientists has revealed that inexpensive cloth masks worn by people who hope to reduce their exposure to air pollution vary widely in effectiveness and could be giving users a false sense of security, especially in highly p
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Mental health of children threatened by Air Pollution, says Swedish study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI-NewsVoir): A dangerous link between polluted air and childhood mental illness is exposed in a newly published study by Swedish researchers. Blueair, a world leading Air Purification Company founded in Sweden 20 years ago, described the research the first of its kind
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