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Add style to your home with REHAU RAUKANTEX uPVC Edgebands
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): In keeping with the growing trend to match home interiors, REHAU India, a leading system and service provider for polymer-based solutions in windows, furniture & building industry launched RAUKANTEX uPVC edgebands that blend aesthetically with a
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Jharkhand: Villagers in Hazaribagh living in gas chamber for years
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) [India], Apr 30 (ANI): Villages in the outskirts of Hazaribagh have been living in a gas chamber due to the extremely polluted environment caused by coal mining. The situation is alarming due to a huge amount of dust and toxic gases emitting from the mines. As per t
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Scientists develop synthetic peptide that could inhibit toxic aggregates i
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 21 (ANI): Researchers have developed synthetic peptides that could target and reduce toxic protein aggregates, which are supposed to cause Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds.
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Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake spills toxic foam yet again
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): The infamous Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru on Sunday was frothing with toxic foam yet again.
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Animal testing exercise to be put to an end with this new algorithm
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 17 (ANI): A new study claims to have developed a new high-speed algorithm, which can put an end on the practice of using animals to test the toxicity of chemicals. The algorithm compares tested and untested chemical fragment compounds in order to predict an untest
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Is it safe to use dispersants in oil spill clean ups?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): In new research, scientists have found that the risks associated with using dispersant compound (DOSS) were minimal. Also, the areas where oil concentrations in water were more than 100 milligrams per litre increased the toxicity.
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Medicine, personal care products may lead to new pollutants in waterways
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): Bacteria in sewage treatment plants may be creating new contaminants that have not been evaluated for potential risks and may affect aquatic environments, say scientists in a study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Journal.
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This AI-enabled Chrome extension hides toxic comments to reduce your stres
Updated : 7 years ago IST
California [USA], Mar 12 (ANI): Online is a big, bad world and not everyone can be thick skinned so as to overlook the trolls, negative comments or insults. To make your online life slightly stress-free, a Google Chrome extension is taking the help of artificial intelligence.
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Hookah is harmful for heart, reveals study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA) , Mar 9 (ANI): Smoking tobacco through Hookah results in inhaling more toxic chemicals than a cigarette.
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Delhi air quality remains 'very poor' with foggy morning
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The high level of air pollution in Delhi have raised great concerns for the residents as well as the state administration. The present levels of particulate matter in the atmosphere are sufficient to contribute towards depleting health standards and a high
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Slight improvement in Delhi's air, Fog predicted in next few days
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Rain in the national capital over the past few days has brought a slight improvement in its air quality index in the "moderate" category but fog and low visibility has affected schedules of at least 20-bound trains.
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Toxic air pollution shuts down schools in Bangkok
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Jan 31 (ANI): Toxic air pollution, with PM2.5 levels grossly exceeding safety limits, has led to schools being directed to shut down in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, for the remainder of the week.
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