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'Cyclists account for over half of all road fatalities'

-The Hindu Number of people killed in accidents up 8% annually in past decade: Study New Delhi: "Cyclists and pedestrians account for more than half of all road fatalities in the country, but they draw public disdain and policy hostility," a study by the University of Michigan and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has observed. The study also indicates that the number of people killed in road accidents in India have increased...

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Delhi, Kolkata have worst air quality in India: Report -Vishwa Mohan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With the World Heath Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer declaring air Pollution as a major cause of cancer, its findings have put the focus on Indian hotspots like Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Jharkhand which showed high concentration of life-threatening air pollutants. Air quality data of the government's Pollution watchdog, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), for 2010 - the last one in the...

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6 major lakes face serious threat from Pollution -Paul Fernandes

-The Times of India PANAJI: Six major lakes face a serious threat from Pollution and rapid development, as a directive of Bombay high court at Goa to prepare a detailed plan for their protection has been relegated to the backburner. The government had constituted a task force in 2003 after the court issued a few directions to the forest department to protect Carambolim lake and take up the conservation of six other...

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Rubbing salt into their wounds -Soumya Swaminathan

-The Hindu In addition to ailments caused by poverty, salt pan workers across the country suffer from several occupational diseases, including chronic dermatitis, loss of vision and hypothyroidism In Adivasi Colony, a remote hamlet off the road from Vedaranyam to Kodikarai in Tamil Nadu, most of the adults in the 200-odd households work in salt manufacturing. They prepare salt pans manually, irrigate them with saline water which is three times saltier than...

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Outdoor air Pollution a leading cause of cancer, say UN health experts

-The United Nations The specialized cancer agency of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that outdoor air Pollution is a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths. An evaluation by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs Programme found there is sufficient evidence that exposure to outdoor air Pollution causes lung cancer and increases the risk for bladder cancer. In a news release, the IARC pointed out that air...

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