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• Chennai experiences significant rise in temperature
24/09/2008; Source: The Times of India

Chennai, till recently home for sparrows, has seen the bird fast disappearing from the metro apparently due to global warming as the city witnessed a significant rise in temperature over the past century.

• Britain dumps its garbage on Indian soil
10/09/2008; Source: Times News Network

Garbage is literally flying and hitting the roof thousands of kilometres away. A TV report about household waste collected weekly across Britain for recycling being shipped and dumped in India has the green brigade up in arms.

• Solution to arsenic poisoning in India found
08/09/2008; Source: The Times of India

British scientists claim to have found a solution to the world's worst case of poisoning through exposure to arsenic in rice and water in eastern India. According to an estimate over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice.

• Havoc in Aravalis as SC norms are ignored
04/09/2008; Source: Times of India

Every time you see a swanky new building coming up in Delhi, think of the ravaged Aravalis, savagely slashed along the red quartize face, innards gouged out. Think of the labourers working in dust-laden pits and stone crushers for 12 hours, if not longer, for Rs 100 a day - work that, more often than not, leaves them with tuberculosis or silicosis a few years down the line.

• Use Of Waste Water For Irrigation Poses Threat Of Epidemic: Study
19/08/2008; Source: Times of India

People in developing countries are facing growing health risks caused by the widespread use of raw sewage to irrigate crops, according to a study unveiled on Monday at a global water conference in Sweden.

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