Category: Health
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Marine Pollution: Life at Sea.
Marine Pollution: Life at Sea. Marine Pollution refers to the pollution occurring due to dumping of waste materials into seas, oceans and other water bodies. The phenomenon of marine pollution occurs when harmful substances enter oceans and chemically harm water bodies and aquatic life. The waste may be industrial waste, agricultural waste or residential waste.…
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Waste Segregation & amp; Waste Management: A need of today and every day.
Waste Segregation & Waste Management: A need for today and every day. Waste management has been defined as the “generation, prevention, characterisation, monitoring, treatment, reuse, and residue deposition of solid wastes.” Waste management is one of the most integral issues of any city or country. Improper waste management leads to the breeding of mosquitoes and…
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How Un-Coal is it?
If India’s forests, mineral-bearing areas, regions of tribal habitation and water sources are all mapped together, a startling fact emerges – the country’s major mineral reserves lie under its richest forests and in the watersheds of its key rivers. These lands are also the homes of India’s poorest people, its tribals. In the name of…
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Paint your Walls Green- With Milk!
When we think of painting our home or work space, we think of blue, pink, cream, red… they look so beautiful on the walls, right? The prospect of getting our rooms painted a new colour is so exciting; getting to choose the colours and imagine them all around us! However, we do not think of…
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Mobile Phone Radiations and SAR!
With 1.9 billion cell phone users worldwide (208 million alone in the U.S.), they have become a technological fixture and they’re not going away anytime soon. Bad! Excess of everything is awful. Scientists’ research has echoed about mobile phone usage leading to exposure of unhealthy levels of radiations. The scientists also envisage this planet being…
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The Dangers of Bursting Crackers
Diwali, the festival of lights and pollution. Where Gunpowder and smoke and bollywood item numbers are lifted up in praise to the gods. A time of celebration, a time of rejoicing, a time where commuters are tested for their stress-handling ability, as a stray rassi-bomb sneaks close by and explodes in a colossal bang by…
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Water pollution: What can be Done and Undone.
Water pollution: What can be Done and Undone. What is water pollution? Water pollution has been defined to be the contamination of water bodies (such as lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.) This occurs when pollutants and other harmful substances enter water bodies or are directly or indirectly discharged into them without adequate treatment of harmful compounds.…
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Beauty has a Deadly Price
We all aspire to look beautiful. Everyday thousands of men and women are spending millions of dollars on beauty products and cosmetics just to look attractive and beautiful. Due to this, the beauty, personal care and cosmetic businesses have been thriving in the past few years . With celebrities vouching for these products on television…
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A1 or A2: Which Milk Would you Prefer?
The A1 and A2 are the two variants of beta-casein proteins found in cow’s milk. Now one of them happens to have some serious side effects that can result in health conditions like schizophrenia, type-I diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, autism etc. By the very sound of it, you may be inclined towards choosing the A1 variety…
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Genetic Engineering: An Informal Introduction
Genetic engineering or genetic modification is the process through which the genetic composition of a living of an organism can be altered, that is to put it very simply. There are many theories on how this modern miracle is successfully redefining our future in more negative ways than positive but the scientific researches that have…