 Quartz |
It’s not fair to call China the world’s most polluted country
Quartz Fine particulate matter (pollutant particles smaller than 10 microns in diameter — PM 10 — and 2.5 microns in diameter — PM 2.5) is a critical air pollutant of concern for human health because it is small enough to reach the lung’s most sensitive … |
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How the shiny ‘agate’ stones in jewelry and rosary beads are killing workers
Oakland Press Moreover, it has been shown to cause lung cancer and it makes its sufferers three times more likely to contract tuberculosis, which is endemic in India. Since PTRC began screening agate workers for silicosis in 2007 in conjunction with doctors at … |
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Denosa Urges Health Workers to Switch Off Their Lights for a Healthy Source of …
AllAfrica.com Car pollution aggravates lung diseases such as asthma and other respiratory diseases. A recent study in India, titled “Coal Kills: An assessment of death and disease caused by India’s dirtiest energy source’, conducted by NGOs Conversation Action Trust … |
Goal.com IndiaColombia-Bolivia Betting Preview: Back the hosts to continue their fine form …Goal.com IndiaThe city is a sweaty humid place, and much like Bolivia feel they have an advantage playing in the lung-busting altitude of La Paz, so Barranqui…
Unhealthy India: Only proper planning can reverse worrying disease trendsFirstpostTobacco use along with air pollution is leading to a big burden of chronic obstructive lung disease. What has been the increase in the disease burden from mental health i…
 New York Times (blog) |
India’s Coal Power Plants Kill Tens of Thousands Every Year, Study Says
New York Times (blog) The conclusion is particularly worrying, given that the World Resources Institute estimates that 455 new coal power plants are planned in India, more than four times the number that exist now. … Exposure to the pollutants like particulate matter … |
Stanley Chesley, Sidley, Paul Hastings: Business of LawBloombergThe case stemmed from $20 million in fees Chesley received for his involvement in the class action originally filed in 1999 against Wyeth, now part of Pfizer Inc., over the diet drug known…
 ESPNcricinfo.com |
The compelling story of Yuvraj Singh
ESPNcricinfo.com It is the story of the 2011 World Cup win, but played out against the backdrop of a deadly shadow. As India inched closer to a second World Cup victory, a giant tumour, eventually 15cm x 11cm x 13 cm was growing within Yuvraj and pressing against a … Yuvraj Singh cancer memoir ‘shares grief’BBC News |
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Diabetes connection emerges strongly in Africa and Asia
Financial Times The WDF, which has joined forces with the World Health Organisation and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, is keen to encourage “bidirectional” screening, wherethose diagnosed with TB would be checked for diabetes and vice … |
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Austerity poses risk to funding for battle ahead
Financial Times “The thing I really lose sleep about is MDR,” says Dr Neil Schluger, chief scientific officer at the World Lung Foundation. “It’s completely out of control. We don’t have a good handle on how much there is out there, most places lack any means to … |