by admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Articles, Further Readings
The rapid growth of electronic products industry in India has also led to the growth in the amount of e-waste produced in the country. A significant proportion of this is also contributed by the illegal import to the country from many developed nations. Improper...
by admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Articles, Further Readings
In this paper, the authors estimate the negative health externalities of extractive mining industries. They do this by combining house hold interviews with mine location and estimating statistical functions of respiratory illnesses and malaria among villagers living...
by admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Articles, Further Readings
The paper investigates the effect of heavy metal contamination in the urban soil of the industrial city of Ghaziabad. The mean concentrations of metal from the soil was compared to the concentrations from major cities across the world . Hazard index and the cancer...
by admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Articles
This review paper compiles the evidence from clinical studies, the reported health consequences of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which is one of the worst industrial disasters in the history of mankind. It discusses the evidence on the effects of survivors and on the in...
by admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Articles
We present a very interesting chapter from the book, “A community guide to environmental health”, which talks in a very simple and engaging manner, the need to protect natural resources for all. They state inequality s the cause and effect of environmental health...
