Environment

India and China rank 123rd and 121st in pollution control: Save rivers and hills save nature

India and China rank 123rd and 121st in pollution control respectively, reflecting the strain rapid economic growth imposes on the environment, according to the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The other day I travelled across India in train and ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 25 2012 - 6:56pm

Antimicrobial drugs from plants: future prospects

The problem of microbial resistance is growing and the outlook for the use of antimicrobial drugs in the future is still uncertain. This problem can be reduced by controlling the use of antibiotic, develop research to better understand the genetic mechanis ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 10 2012 - 1:01pm

Prepper Advice: Sunlight And Lime Juice Makes Drinking Water Safer

Whether you are concerned about Mayans, a worldwide infrastructure collapse or an exploding supervolcano, science has some good news for your doomsday preparation-  sunlight and a twist of lime are an inexpensive and effective way to quickly improve the qu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2012 - 11:54am

Saving rivers Ganga and Yamuna

I was very happy to note that recently there were important meetings in India held at highest level and some movements of some groups to save Yamuna. What makes me wonder all these groups look towards some agencies for saving something? if you are in front ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 19 2012 - 10:02pm

On Shifting Sands: Our Growing Coastal Erosion Problem

Every once in a while, I like to go for a run on the beach. One of my favorite spots to hit the sand is San Gregorio State Beach – it lies just across the Santa Cruz range, is invariably quiet early on weekday mornings, and offers a good stretch of hard-pa ...

Article - Holly Moeller - Apr 30 2012 - 10:32pm

Pollution in river waters: 20 percent higher levels of arsenic

Pollution in holy rivers is going to higher levels and it is threat to mankind. Arsenic once reported from West Bengal waters is deadly poison to human health. Recently a report said arsenic level in river Yamuna has risen to 20 times. Rivers and water bod ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 27 2012 - 8:47pm

Excessive use of fertilizers is reducing productivity.

Fertilizers producing wastelands in semi arid and arid regions. Some months ago I attended a conference in Germany where excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers was a cause of concern for the European Nations. Back home there is report that excessive use of ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 28 2012 - 11:01pm

Poison In Ground Water Posing Health Threats

I wrote some time back of bad quality water causing soil damage. Hinduatan Times (02.05.2012 confirms the same with findings placed at highest level. Ground water pockets in 158 out of 639 districts have gone saline. I may add at this point that as we go d ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - May 2 2012 - 9:38am

Activists Greenmail The People Of Malibu

Did an environmental issue disappear because activist groups got a check?  It would seem so.  The Natural Resources Defenses Council and Santa Monica Baykeeper sued the city of Malibu in 2008 for 'groundwater' pollution. The settlement they reach ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 6 2015 - 11:37am

Marcellus Shale Fracking Wastewater Harmful

A new paper by Natural Resources Defense Council says  hydraulic fracturing (fracking) generates massive amounts of polluted wastewater in  in the Marcellus Shale that threatens the health of drinking water supplies, rivers, streams, and groundwater- and t ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2012 - 4:37pm