Why Coronavirus Outbreak Is Piling Pressure On India’s Biomedical Waste Disposal System
Protocol says used disposable masks, gloves, aprons, head covers et al should be incinerated or given a burial — at least 100 feet deep. This is not happening.
Protocol says used disposable masks, gloves, aprons, head covers et al should be incinerated or given a burial — at least 100 feet deep. This is not happening.
As Indian cities continue to successively unlock themselves amidst Covid-19 pandemic, a major survey sponsored by the high profile Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, and carried out by a top Indian environmental group, has found that in the post-lockdown period a whopping 34 per cent of those not owning vehicles would be buying new four wheelers, while 23 per cent said they would go in for two wheelers.
They highlight lack of proper training in outbreak investigations and poor investigational facilities at district level, they say The majority of the so-called ‘mysterious’ diseases are ‘missed’ diagnosis which highlights the lack of proper training in outbreak investigations and poor investigational facilities at the district level
Spread over 52 acres and rising 60 metres, site littered with used test kits, protective gear and blood-stained cotton. Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill site in the Indian capital for nearly 20 years.
NEW DELHI: Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill site on the outskirts of New Delhi for nearly 20 years.
Covid-19 is all-subsuming; it makes difficult thinking or acting on issues that made up our world yesterday and would stay in our world of tomorrow. One such issue is that of plastic — the most ubiquitous substance in our lives that fills up our land and oceans, polluting them and adding to our health stress.
The initial finding of the ongoing study by five researchers—all alumni of IIT-Delhi and IIT-Roorkee—shows that on at least 22 of the 56 stretches monitored, the number of cyclists has increased by 4% to 12%.
Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill site on the outskirts of New Delhi for nearly 20 years.
Hundreds of Indian scavengers and their children expose themselves to a disease that has infected more than 15 million people globally and claimed over 600,000 lives.
CHENNAI: Does lockdown make any difference to the quality of water in our rivers? No, if you go by a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment.
While many have been pointing out the improvement in the air quality of cities during the pandemic induced lockdown, the water quality of the rivers have not shown any noticeable improvement, according to the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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By spraying common antibiotics on crops, farmers are exacerbating disease risk in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and elsewhere. Farmers in parts of Asia are spraying antibiotics deemed “critical” for human medicine on rice crops, raising fears they may be fuelling antibiotic resistance, say researchers.
Severe floods triggered by monsoon rains have affected 2.5 million people in India’s Assam state, struggling already to contain the Covid-19 virus that has been infecting more than 1,000 people every day for the past week in the tea-producing region.
Too much bandwidth has been lost on describing what genetically modified foods or GM foods are. As per the definition provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO), foods that have been produced using genetically modified organisms (GMO) are called GM foods. The genetic modification artificially alters the DNA structure of the food and claims to create better versions of a specific vegetable or fruit. This doesn’t occur naturally and is carried out using genetic engineering technology. It might come as a shock that GM foods can also include processed items such as ready-to-eat snacks, oils as well as crops like soy, cotton, brinjal, mustard, potato, corn, rapeseed etc.
The first edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity has been awarded to Greta Thunberg. The young Swedish environmental activist was selected among 136 nominees (corresponding to 79 organizations and 57 personalities) from 46 different countries