Tag: Pollution
No way around arsenic pollution
More than 65 percent of the people living in Lahore are consuming water contaminated with arsenic, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Recently, the Water and Sanitation...
China plans emergency measures to control worsening air pollution
China is planning to step up its enforcement of anti-pollution measures after weeks of foul air in Beijing fuelled public discontent over the environmental...
Air pollution to kill more people than dirty water
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Air pollution is...
Air pollution to kill more people than dirty water
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Air pollution is...
Chinese media urges transparency over pollution
Public anger in China at dangerous levels of air pollution, which blanketed Beijing in acrid smog, has spread as state media editorials questioned official...
Industrial waste causing pollution in Sindh
Environment Protection Agency Director General Rafiuddin Ghouri termed the overall environmental position in Sindh as unsatisfactory and said that industrial effluent was the main...
Autism, traffic pollution linked
The possibility that autism is linked to traffic pollution has been raised by researchers in California. Their study of more than 500 children said...
Asthma patients suffer as tyres burn
Pollution created by the burning of tyres by the enraged protesters agitating against the profane movie, especially on the “Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool” (P.B.U.H) is troubling the...
Pollution: Does it really matter?
Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh has shown his concern that smoke emitting vehicles and those without fitness clearance have created a hazard of air...
Pollution protestors clash with police in China
Thousands of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in east China clashed with police Saturday, an AFP photographer said.
The protestors overturned...
Polluted water, insanitation cause Rota virus infection
The Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics and health education committee Professor Dr. Salma Shaikh informed that the Rota virus diarrhea was...
Hazards of pollution
Our earth is a paradise if we live on it in a sensible way; otherwise, it is just another hell. Unfortunately, at present, man...
Traffic pollution dangerous for heart patients
Middle-aged and older adults who live near high traffic roads may have a heightened risk of dying from heart disease but the odds seem...
The growing Pakistani carbon footprint threatening quality of life
Environmental pollution is a rapidly growing threat in Pakistan which is damaging the climate and human and wildlife health. Highly inefficient energy use, the...
Future of online pollution monitoring at stake
The future of modern online pollution monitoring system capable of watching air and water waste pollution in the country is on stake due to...
Future of online pollution monitoring system at stake
The future of modern online pollution monitoring system capable of watching air and water waste pollution in the country is at stake due to...
Efforts underway to end pollution, ward off dengue threat: Mansha
Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Food and Environment Manshaullah Butt has said the Punjab Environment Protection Department will continue its efforts to eradicate...