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Former AIIMS director tweets advisory for vulnerable citizens amid worseni
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Guleria advised children, the elderly and those with weak hearts and lungs not to visit heavily polluted places.
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Why poisonous dust is being formed in Salton Sea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 11 (ANI): In the past 25 years, the Salton Sea, the state's most polluted inland lake, has lost a third of its water. According to recent studies, the Colorado River's flow is declining, which is the cause of that decrease.
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Pollution in Yamuna: NGT dismisses NOIDA, DJB review petitions against com
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the review petitions of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) moved against its recent order imposing compensation on them after finding their failure to control t
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Pakistan's Sindh in dire need of Potable water, faces critical shortage
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh province is facing a critical issue due to the unavailability of potable water as most of the surface water bodies in the province are polluted and require adequate treatment to make it fit for consumption, stated a survey carried out by th
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Garbage dump yard in Punjab's Amritsar transformed into mini-forest
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 19 (ANI): In a bid for a greener future, the administration of Amritsar city has transformed a polluted garbage dump yard at an industrial site into a mini forest.
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Study reveals protein balance in your diet may enhance water quality
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 8 (ANI): According to a new study led by the University of California, Davis, balancing how much protein you consume with how much your body requires may cut nitrogen releases to aquatic systems in the U.S. by 12 per cent and total nitrogen losses to air and water by 4
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Study reveals breathing in polluted air contributes to neurological damage
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], June 21 (ANI): A new study has revealed that breathing in polluted air could lead to toxic particles being transported from the lungs to the brain. The research has been done by a team of experts from the University of Birmingham and research institutions in China and the
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Climate change adversely impacting Pakistan's tourism industry
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Climate change is a global phenomenon but, its adverse impact on Pakistan's tourism industry is glaring. With temperatures 9°C above normal, Lahore's tourism sector - accustomed to foreign visitors until the end of May - has been shell-shocked in recent
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Fatal heart rhythm disorder has been related to air pollution, according t
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 28 (ANI): According to recent research presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress, arrhythmias are life-threatening and occur often on days with severely polluted air (ESC).
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Fatal heart rhythm disorder linked to air-pollution: Study
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 23 (ANI): Arrhythmias are life-threatening and occur very commonly on days with highly polluted air (ESC), according to new research by the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.
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Study finds air pollution linked to fatal heart rhythm disorder
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 21 (ANI): According to new research by the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, life-threatening arrhythmias are more common on days with highly polluted air (ESC).
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Pollution makes life hazardous in Kathmandu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 30 (ANI): For the last one week, the air quality of Kathmandu has deteriorated and the Himalayan nation's capital has remained in the list of the top ten most polluted cities in the world, as per the report by IQAir, a Swiss air quality tech company.
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