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Women are the worst hit in dry and flooded village
The women of Kamlawati's Campierganj village, Gorakhpur, Eastern U.P. are the worst hit due to the climatic changes. What is it that affects the womenfolk of the village so much and why? Limited access to resources and livelyhood has a harmful...
Tags: Drinking water, Environment, food, Health, water, Water Resources, humanitarian, India, Gorakhpur, Adivasi, Indian caste system, Discrimination, Dalit, Disaster Accident, worst hit
Union Carbide`s groundwater highly toxic: CSE!
Bhopāl :: India | about 17 hours ago
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CSE Updated on Tuesday, December 01, 2009, 18:21 IST Bhopal: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said that latest tests show that groundwater in the defunct Union Carbide factory here contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards....
Tags: Bhopal Medical Appeal, industry disaster, Union Carbide, drinking water, worst industry, India, Bhopāl, Bhopal disaster, Bhopal, Disaster Accident, Environment, Dow Chemical Company, Pesticide, Sambhavna Trust, Pollution, Aquifers, Centre for Science and Environment, Environmental science, Marc Galanter, Soil test, Union Carbide India Limited, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, National Law Institute University, Upendra Baxi, International Medical Commission on Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Parts-per notation, Lindane, Water pollution, Warren Anderson, Pesticide toxicity to bees
Kenya faces worst epidemic in 10 years
Kisumu :: Kenya | about 24 hours ago
Credibility Of the 230 deaths reported, nearly half have occurred in the last one month alone Kenya is facing its worst cholera outbreak in a decade, and the situation can only worsen; the end of the short rains could push water scarcity deep into next year. While...
Tags: Kenya, short rains, Kisumu, Environment, Nairobi, Waterborne diseases, Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Slum, Microbiology, Cholera, Drinking water, Disaster Accident
From the mountains to the bay
Edison :: NJ :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility An aerial view of the Samish River offers the best glimpse of the fecal coliform problem...From Samish Bay to the mountains, the river abuts every kind of property, from large and small farms to homes...Everyone from local volunteers to county commissioners...
Tags: fecal coliform, Samish River, Mark Kaufman, Pete Haase, septic tanks, property owners, coliform level, Bill Dewey, small farms, Edison, Environment, Fecal coliforms, Samish, Microbiology, Coliform bacteria, Drinking water
Portland Residents West of Willamette River Must Boil Water
Portland :: OR :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A boil water notice is in effect for the City of Portland west of the Willamette River and customers of Palatine Hill, Burlington and Valley View water districts. This means that water from the tap should not be consumed in any form unless it has been...
Tags: boil water, Portland, Portland Oregon, Bottled water, Diarrhea, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Water, Water pollution, Bull Run Watershed, Tap water, Multnomah County Oregon, Escherichia coli, Drinking water, Willamette River, Clackamas County Oregon
Floodwaters pose health hazards, warn medics
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 2 days ago
Credibility With the waters beginning to dry up following Wednesday�s downpour, medical professionals are warning of health dangers from bacterial contaminates to disease-bearing mosquitoes that could be present in stagnant rainwater around Jeddah streets. �Children...
Tags: health hazard, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tap water, Mosquito, Puddle, Drinking water, Disaster Accident, Jeddah
Stimulus money set aside for water projects
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Federal economic stimulus money will be used to fund more than 20 drinking water projects in Oklahoma. The projects will include expanding old water treatment plants and services and bringing some providers into compliance with health and environmental...
Tags: water projects, stimulus money, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, drinking water, Oklahoma City, 111th United States Congress, Revolving Loan Fund, Presidency of Barack Obama, Climate crisis, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, United States federal banking legislation
Water Cooler at Indian Nuclear Plant Contaminated
Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility Officials say the incident appears to be an act of sabotage rather than caused by an accidental leak. Indian government officials are urging calm following the revelation that employees of a maintenance unit of the Kaiga atomic plant were treated for...
Tags: Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant, Kaiga Nuclear Plant, northwest Karnataka, water cooler, drinking water, radiation leak, kaiga atomic, atomic power, maintenance unit, drank water, India, Mumbai, Environment, Kaiga Atomic Power Station, Nuclear power, Tritium, Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Anil Kakodkar, Radiobiology, Energy in India, Heavy water, Ionizing radiation, Disaster Accident, Nuclear technology, Radiochemistry, Economy of Karnataka, Fusion power, Nuclear materials, Bangalore, Politics, Marathi people
Teachers absenteeism not to be tolerated F.P. Report
Lakki Marwat :: Pakistan | 3 days ago
Credibility The elementary and secondary education department female district officer Naheed Ghazal has said that the department would not tolerate absenteeism on part of the female teachers after provision of free transport facility to them by the government...She...
Tags: drinking water, water problem, Pakistan, Lakki Marwat, Education, Marwat
Chinese city faces drinking water shortage
Xiangtan :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility More than 100,000 people in Xinagtan, China, are enduring drinking water shortages due to declining water levels in the Xiangjiang River, Xinhua reported. China's official state-run news agency said Friday with the water levels of the Yangtze River tributary...
Tags: water levels, drinking water, China, Xiangtan, Environment, Xinhua News Agency, Yangtze River, Water crisis, Disaster Accident, Xiang River
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