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Emissions from vehicles have a role in childhood asthma: Study-Jacob P Koshy

-Live Mint Research conducted in 10 European cities; results comparable to the burden associated with passive smoking Exposure to vehicular pollution near busy roads is responsible for 14% of chronic childhood asthma cases, according to a new research conducted in 10 European cities. The results are comparable to the burden associated with passive smoking which, the World Health Organization estimates, causes between 4% and 18% of asthma cases in children. The study was...

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Emissions from coal plants causing high mortality, diseases-Meena Menon

-The Hindu Pollution standards exist only for ambient air quality and not for individual power plants, says report Emissions from coal-fired power plants is taking a heavy toll on human life across large parts of India. In 2011-2012, a first-of-its-kind study in the country estimates it resulted in a whopping 80,000 to 1,15,000 premature deaths and more than 20 million asthma cases from exposure to a total PM10 (particulate matter) pollution. Titled ‘Coal...

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Delhi's smog failure

-The Business Standard Clamp down on burning of waste, industrial smoke Come winter, and Delhi is wrapped in a blanket of smog. It isn’t pretty. Also, it poses grave environmental, health and transportation hazards. Winter seems to have come early this year, and so has the smog. The economic costs are considerable: the winter schedule of airlines and trains invariably goes haywire owing to poor visibility. People breathe in more particulate...

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Veteran social activist Mrinal Gore passes away

-The Hindu Veteran socialist Mrinal Gore, known for her dauntless activism on the issues of price rise, water rights and women’s empowerment, passed away following cardiac arrest at Vasai, Thane district on Tuesday. She was 84. “For the past 10 days she was at my house,” said daughter Anjali Vartak. “She had suffered a Bronchitis attack and was on ventilator. She was feeling weak. She had fever too. Today [on Tuesday] she was...

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Popular antibiotic is bad for heart, may lead to death-Kounteya Sinha

An antibiotic that is widely prescribed in India to combat bacterial sinus infections and Bronchitis has been found to be bad for heart. A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, has found a 2.5-fold higher risk of cardiovascular death in the first five days of taking Azithromycin - commonly called Z-pack - compared with another common antibiotic or no antibiotic at all. Though it was previously considered...

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