Tag: Pesticides

World Water Day: Analysis paints grim water crisis picture of Bengaluru

Urbanatural

By: Vishwa Mohan An analysis shows that at least 200 cities across the world are facing a severe water crisis while 10 metropolitan cities, among them Bengaluru, are fast moving towards ‘Day Zero’—a situation where taps start running dry. The assessment by Down To Earth, a magazine published by green think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), sounds alarm bells for many cities across the globe, a day ahead of the World Water Day which is observed every year on March 22. The report says Bengaluru could go the Cape Town away. Cape Town, one…

Read More

Oxygen-Rich Air

Urbanatural

We cannot live without air even for 3 minutes. Each person needs 550 litres of oxygen every day. Increasing cars have reduced oxygen levels in city leading to feeling of suffocation. In homes with ACs, oxygen levels fall to dangerous levels. It’s urgent to take care of this issue. Source: sehatvan.in Disclaimer: Information and statements made are for education purposes and are not intended to replace the advice of your treating doctor. The views and nutritional advice expressed are not intended to be a substitute for conventional medical service. If you…

Read More

Antibiotics pose environmental risks

Urbanatural

LONDON: Although antibiotics prevent bacterial infections, they may adversely harm microbes that are essential to a healthy environment, a study has warned.This may in its turn significantly impact people’s lives around the world, it said. When people take antibiotics, their bodies break down and metabolise only a portion of the drugs. The rest is excreted and enters wastewater. As wastewater treatment plants are not designed to fully remove antibiotic or other pharmaceutical compounds, many of these compounds reach natural systems where they could accumulate and harm the “good” microbes.That’s a…

Read More