Food and Toxins Fact Sheet III: Colourants in cosmetics The amount of colourant, used to impart colour to almost all cosmetic products, varies with colour, product and brand. BIS has set limits for heavy metals in synthetic, organic and natural colourants
Food and Toxins Fact Sheet II: 'Trace' impurities in cosmetics Indian drugs and cosmetics law mum on trace presence of contaminants in products
Food and Toxins Fact Sheet I: A measure of acceptable daily intake A tool to assess risks of long term exposure to contaminants
Climate Change Factsheet: The Cancun Conference of Parties Was the Cancun CoP successful? What happened between Copenhagen and Cancun, that made countries vulnerable to climate change give their nod to the Cancun Agreement Read more
Climate Change Factsheet: Will the developed world meet their Kyoto Protocol target? A report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency says the developed world will meet their Kyoto Protocol target and blames India and China for the increase in global CO2 emissions in 2010. But that is not true. Read the analysis that brings out the bias in the report Read more
Climate Change Factsheet: The emissions imbalance In 2007, the US had less than 5 per cent of the global population, but it accounted for 20 per cent of global CO2 emissions. India, with almost 17 per cent of global population, accounted for less than 5 per cent of the emissions. More on who is emitting and how much. Read more
Climate Change Living with changing climate Impact, vulnerability and adaptation challenges in Indian Sundarbans For residents of Indian Sundarbans, climate change is now a part of their daily survival battles. While the global negotiations towards mitigation of climate change have remained inconclusive over the years, sea level rise, cyclones, rainfall patterns have kept changing for the worse. Life is much more difficult now and development of the area more expensive.
