Killer Powder, Toxic Corporation!

Killer Powder, Toxic Corporation!

On June 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of a Missouri court verdict that had awarded $2.1 billion to claimants who had contracted cancer from J&J’s baby powder. The legal manoeuvrings are over and the...

Tracking the Cost of Air Pollution

As air quality monitoring improves, it is increasingly difficult for coal, oil, and car companies to hide the real cost of fossil fuels. We deserve to know the invisible impact of air pollution on our cities and our health.  Greenpeace Southeast Asia and IQAir...

Air Pollution in Delhi: Filling the Policy Gaps

Introduction Twenty-one of the world’s 30 cities with the worst levels of air pollution are in India, according to data compiled in IQAir AirVisual’s 2019 World Air Quality Report; six Indian cities are in the top ten.[1] Indeed, air pollution is pervasive in many...

MAKE TAXES WORK FOR WOMEN NOW!

MAKE TAXES WORK FOR WOMEN NOW!

WE NEED MORE THAN A VACCINE SHOT TO SAVE LIVES. Everyday women fight for survival, safety, security, health, justice, and equality. In the face of the pandemic and other crises, the United Nations estimates that for every 100 men pushed to extreme poverty, there will...

Delhi’s air quality in December best in 4 years: CPCB

NEW DELHI: Pollution levels in Delhi this December were the lowest in the last four years, according to the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB). The average air quality index(AQI) for December stood at 308. It was 337 last year, 360 in 2018, and 316 in 2017, the...

The Tragic Song Of Our Rivers Of Hope

It is universally acknowledged that rivers are the crucibles of civilization. From time immemorial, settlements have sprung up alongside rivers owing to the easy availability of water and associated means of sustenance. Over time these settlements metamorphosized into...

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