Chemical Pollution
Air pollution: Filling the gaps
posted 3 weeks 3 days agoAir pollution killed 16.7 lakh Indians and led to an economic loss of Rs.

Holy waters, unholy outcomes!
posted 4 months 2 weeks agoRivers are revered and considered holy since times immemorial in India and mass bathing in some rivers is an age-old ritual. A holy dip and a holy sip of the river waters are considered to be a highly purifying. But is the dip really cleansing at all when almost all the rivers in India are known to be highly polluted?

Locals struggle with WASH issues post-Amphan
posted 4 months 4 weeks agoUN’s recognition of safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right recently hit a decade and this makes us ponder even more about the situation in the Sundarbans after the Amphan cyclone. The destruction caused by Amphan in the Sundarbans poses a massive threat to the very right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation of the people living there.

Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities
posted 5 months agoNGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities

A third of world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF
posted 5 months 1 week agoAround 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at or above 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL), a level that the World Health Organization and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have stated requires global and regional interventions.

Reinventing waste management during Covid-19
posted 6 months agoIndia stares at a Covid-19 induced waste management crisis and there is a need to strengthen waste management services. An important sanitary barrier to prevent the dissemination of illnesses and diseases, waste management’s impact on the world’s healthcare systems, and the economy are significant.

Water fleas can warn of water pollution!
posted 6 months 1 week agoWater fleas are small crustaceans widely found in varied aquatic habitats. They are very sensitive to changes in the water quality of water bodies such as rivers and streams that they inhabit.

Covid-19 threatens to worsen India's water crisis
posted 7 months 3 weeks agoWhile the world has got a reprieve from pollution with emerging wildlife, cleaner air and clearer water bodies during lockdown, Covid-19 might actually be worsening the present water crisis in an inconspicuous manner. The world is still developing more clarity on safeguards that can prevent transmission, treatment and post treatment complications.

Global infections from water poised to rise with climate change
posted 8 months 3 weeks agoClimate change triggered heat waves threaten water availability
Ninjallama rues as she remembers, " It was a terrible summer. The heat wave was killing. Three people died in my village. People with skeletal fluorosis suffered .. "
