Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India
A degraded environment filled with air and water pollution continues to affect health of people in India, according to the National Health Report (NHP) …
Air pollution
Engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The …
Air pollution kills a child every 3 minutes in India
Every three minutes a child dies in India because of inhaling toxic pollutants in the air, according to an analysis of the Global Burden of …
Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases
Air pollution is emerging as one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular deaths in developing countries, according to a new study. A large …
Maharashtra, Gujarat top SO2 polluters in India
India is the world’s largest emitter of SO2. Of the 45 hotspots in India, emissions at 43 are due to coal-based electricity generation, while …
Electronic fuel injection reference design for small engines
With increasingly tight global pollution standards for even small engines, ST Microelectronics and Arrow Electronics have produced am electronic control unit (ECU) reference design …
Air pollution raises anxiety, depression risks in kids: study
New York: A new evidence suggests air pollution is not just associated with asthma and respiratory diseases, but may also impact metabolic and neurological development of …
CO2 levels hit record high in 3 million years
BERLIN: The levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are higher today than ever before in the past three million years, according …
In India, air pollution is the third-highest cause of death among all health risks: report
The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a-half years while globally the reduction …
