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Making Caribbean free of PCBs & other hazardous chemicals
October 3, 2022
Seven years ago, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) mounted a programme to make the Caribbean free of the world’s most notoriously harmful, cancer-causing chemicals. The USD 9 million programme was funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). On ...
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Air pollution the root cause of 1.6 million yearly premature deaths in India
June 28, 2016
A recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report on energy and air pollution, ‘World energy outlook’ (WEO), estimated that air pollution causes 6.5 million premature deaths across the world in a year, with India alone being the contributor of 1.6 million premature deaths, al...
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A study by New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment
May 23, 2016
If you are visiting India avoid bread. It could be laced with toxic chemicals which are serious health hazards. According to a study by New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment, Indian bread manufacturers use potassium bromate and potassium iodate for treating flour whi...
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