New Delhi: Your child may love the bubble gum-flavoured toothpaste, but the high fluoride content may actually be harmful. In light of the risks associated with excess fluoride in toothpaste, the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has agreed to amend the rules governing fluoride use in a meeting held on 16 May. DTAB has decided […]
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Prez launches integrated centre for crisis management at BARC
Mumbai, May 15 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated an integrated centre for crisis management (ICCM) at the iconic Bhabha Atomic Research Centre here that will help the nation respond more effectively to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear emergencies. The new facility will monitor radiological data from a network of 504 radiation sensors across […]
Kidney ailment becoming major health threat in Telangana
Kidney ailment is more prevalent in villages such as Guruja, Khunikhasa, Kanchanpelli, Jalaja and Devnagar in the district. ADILABAD: Kidney ailment is emerging as one of the major disease affecting the local population of erstwhile Adilabad district. In the last three years, over 25 people, including children died of kidney ailment and over 300 people are undergoing […]
1.47 crore Indians drink arsenic contaminated water
A population of 1.47 crore [14.7 million] across almost 17,000 areas in the country faces a major health hazard due to arsenic contaminated drinking water, according to the latest data of the ministry of drinking water and sanitation. Arsenic is present in drinking water above the permissible limits in 16,889 areas while 12,029 areas have […]
Nagaur gets water system, makes history
Ajmer: Chief minister Vasundhra Raje gathered appreciation and admiration by inaugurating quality water supply project in four blocks of Nagaur on Thursday, through Indira Gandhi lift canal project. This is the first time after independence that quality water has reached the camel hump landscape of Nagaur district. Raje inaugurated the water supply project in Makrana […]
Fluoride contamination in water is forcing adivasis to flee this Telangana village
Those who cannot afford to migrate are grappling with ill-effects such as yellowing teeth, brittle bones, deformity and weakness. In the parched Adivasi village of Devanagar, located 50 km from Adilabad and 2 km from Utnoor town, six people, including a 10-year-old, died in the last one year in quick succession. Most of the people […]
Karnataka: Unhappy coconut growers, fluoroisis major issues in Arsikere taluk
Skeletal and dental fluorosis affected people due to increasing of fluoride content in bore well water in parts of Arsikere taluk. ARSIKERE: Coconut growers in Arsikere are unhappy as they were hit by price crash and drastic fall in the yield due to consecutive droughts in the past three years. Many growers are least bothered […]
Jaipur will install 200 free RO water kiosks across the city
Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) is all set to restart the age-old tradition of setting up Piyau (Water Hut) in Pink City, however in a different manner. The municipal corporation will be introducing the concept of modern Piyau. Under this plan, drinking water kiosks will be installed at 200 locations across the city by JMC. People […]
5,000 undergoing free dialysis under PPP in Andhra Pradesh
‘Plan to render treatment to 10,000 patients in a year’ Dialysis centres launched across the State, including rural and semi-urban areas, to render treatment to kidney patients by NephroPlus, service provider in collaboration with the State government under PPP project, in July last year has evoked a good response. Recognising high incidence of kidney failure […]
Naveen bins Amit Shah’s neglect cry
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday refuted the allegation made by BJP president Amit Shah about the “step-motherly attitude” shown towards west Odisha by the state government. “Our government has never neglected west Odisha as you can see that a number of works are done for the overall development of the region,” Naveen […]