Asthma & Allergies
Allergic to Nickel? Might Want to Trade in That Flip PhoneMore
10.11.2012
Toxins in Outdoor Clothing
"All over the world, from secluded mountain lakes and Arctic polar ice to deep in the oceans, traces can be found of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs), pollutants with properties that are harmful to the...More
Bhariya Vigyan Sammelan and Expo 2012 Punjab, India
Science for Global Development - THE PUNJAB EXPERIENCE, a report of a visit, focused on environmental and people's health.More
Sri Lanka kidney disease blamed on farm chemicals
Thousands of people in the Asian island nation of Sri Lanka have been struck by a mysterious and deadly form of kidney disease. A new study points to a likely cause - pesticides and fertilisers.More
Mammograms May Raise Breast Cancer Risk in Some Women
Mammograms aimed at finding breast cancer might actually raise the chances of developing it in young women whose genes put them at higher risk for the disease, a study by leading European cancer agencies suggests. Read more:...More
08.09.2012
A rare form of autism may be treated with nutritional supplements
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have identified a rare, hereditary form of autism that may be treatable with nutritional supplements, a new study reports.More
07.09.2012