Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?

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Fast food and soft drinks of all kinds have developed a sizable niche for themselves among food products. They may be aware of the disadvantages of fast food provided by the market but have no other options. They also turn to fast food, caffeinated beverages and soft drinks. One in five women has PCOD, according to a 2019 article published in the Hindu newspaper. The worst aspect is how nonchalantly PCOD and PCOS are handled as if they were expected to be that way.
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Bengal green activist urges PM Modi to save country’s oldest botanical garden from Ganga erosion

The garden has been highly impacted on its eastern fringe due to erosion by the Ganga river. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, India’s largest botanical garden, is spread over 270 acres. PM Modi laid the foundation of multiple sewerage infrastructure projects in West Bengal worth over Rs 2,550 crore December 30. At the moment, the Adi Ganga is as polluted as a sewage canal, with no aquatic life according to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board’s analysis. The Central Pollution Control Board has also identified parts of the Ganga flowing through West Bengal as “critically polluted.”Read more:

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Diwali day sees rise in number of hospital visits for respiratory problems in Delhi

This year wasn’t an outlier, although the 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) for Diwali the second-best in seven years, according to the news agency Press Trust of India. There was a slight increase in the number of emergency cases in the hospital this Diwali, he added. Sanjeev Bagai, paediatrician and paediatric nephrologist, told DTE:Overall, across Delhi on Diwali day, there has been an increase in the number of patients with upper and lower respiratory disorders. The outpatient numbers do not convey the entire extent of the effect of Diwali pollution, Bagai said. Stubble burning is considered one of the most prominent sources of air pollution and has attracted media flak and policy intervention.

3 months ago Down To Earth

Delhi air to remain ‘very poor’ this week. Here’s why the problem isn’t going away

At noon that day, the air quality index (AQI) at Anand Vihar monitoring station was 466 and that at ITO was 433. Read more: Air pollution kills our children; and it isn’t even acknowledgedIn a move to curb pollution, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government November 3 suspended most construction and mining activities. The outlook for the subsequent six days is that the air quality is likely to remain largely in the ‘very poor’ category. While stubble burning is the most talked-about problem today, it is an episodic problem that is different from sources (of air pollution) that are continuous, Roy Chowdhury said. There are sources like vehicles, emissions from industries, power plants that contribute to air pollution throughout the year, she observed.

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Stop all hydroelectric projects in Himalayan region to avoid a Joshimath repeat: Experts

A letter written on November 26, 2022 to the joint secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) specified five projects in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana pending approval sans environment assessment. The MoEF&CC has not yet given initial approvals due to conditions under the Forest Conservation Act for carrying capacity and cumulative impact assessment, the letter said. “The carrying capacity and cumulative impact assessment for the projects have a striking resemblance to the Joshimath crisis in Uttarakhand,” Himanshu Thakkar, coordinator at South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People told Down To Earth. “The cumulative impact assessment is an extension of Environment Impact Assessment which is limited to a single project, whereas the former involves multiple projects,” said Yadav. These mountains undergo continuous movement and therefore, it is time to go for detailed cumulative impact assessment where such hydro projects are proposed, he added.

23 days ago Down To Earth

Diwali 2022: Delhi air ‘very poor’, can worsen to ‘severe’

However, Diwali 2022 saw slightly cleaner air this time, with air quality eroding from ‘poor’ category to ‘very poor’. Air quality in Delhi is in ‘very poor’ category and is likely to remain in the zone until October 26, 2022, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), an air quality monitoring and forecasting agency. Read more: Diwali pollution: Delhi air quality to be in ‘poor’ & ‘very poor’ categories today, tomorrowStubble-burning incidents in the northwest part of the country, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, went up after October 21, according to SAFAR. Delhi’s air quality is expected to remain between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ category for the next three days, said SAFAR. Delhi (312 AQI), Gurugram (322 AQI), Begusarai (325 AQI), Noida (305 AQI) were recorded in the ‘very poor’ category.

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Cyclone Sitrang: ‘Unusual’ quickening of pace, say weatherpeople

Westerly winds might have played a role in the quickening of the cyclone system, which ultimately led to less destruction in West Bengal, India. Even the wind speed was close to projections,” Mohapatra told this reporter on October 26, 2022. Clearly, the cyclone speed doubled, just like the last few overs of a T-20 cricket match. “Westerly influence is the main cause of quickening of the speed of the Sitrang cyclone system in last few hours. The upper part of the cyclone system got disconnected under the westerly wind influence, explained the expert.

3 months ago Down To Earth

2023: Cheer for dissent and dialogue

Europe learnt that its energy policy had left it dependent on Russia and so deeply vulnerable to this unfolding crisis. The second overwhelming trend of 2022 is the impact of climate change. There is no question that climate change impacts will get worse. Dissent and dialogue are what we must celebrate in 2023. Read more:This was first published in the forthcoming State of the Environment 2023 brought out annually by Down To Earth-Centre for Science and Environment

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