Delhi’s sweet spot: 25°C to 31°C
Study says power demand doesn’t rise with increase in temperature in this range The Centre for Science and Environment, in a study which is to be released on Thursday, has found that there is a temperature
CSE Study
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Lifestyle diseases the biggest killer in India today
<p>The new report from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released yesterday held lifestyle diseases like obesity, mental health, cancer and heart diseases to count a few, as the major killers in India. Revealing the links of air pollution with mental diseases, it stated that air pollution is responsible for 30 per cent of premature deaths in India while every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs.</p>
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Antibiotic misuse in poultry farms leading to multi-drug resistant bacteria, says CSE’s new study
Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal
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Antibiotic resistance in poultry environment
Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal
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Antibiotic resistance in poultry environment: spread of resistance from poultry farm to agricultural field
This new study establishes that poultry environment is a reservoir of multidrug resistant bacteria and points towards the role of litter in spreading ABR in the environment. Antibiotics are becoming increasingly
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Decoding Google map information on travel time to understand travel speed and congestion in Delhi
Centre for Science and Environment has carried out this simple and indicative exercise to assess the impact of congestion on travel time and traffic speed on Delhi’s major arterial roads which have been
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Report of the Expert Group on issue of high Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) and its health effects on Indian population
<p>To address holistically the issue of High Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) in food and associated health risks, FSSAI constituted an Expert Group to drat a report. The major constituents of foods namely high
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Antibiotic Use and Waste Management in West Bengal Aquaculture
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in 2014 highlighted the rampant use of antibiotics in the poultry sector and presence of antibiotic residues in chicken meat. Earlier, in 2010, CSE had also
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Not as cool: improving energy performance of air conditioners in India
<p>Centre for Science and Environment has released the results of the lab tests of energy performance of popular 5-star split room air conditioners (RACs) under normal and maximum temperature conditions to assess how these units perform under different outdoor temperature conditions and how that affects the energy savings from the star labeling programme of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).</p>
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding closure of foundries/industries operating without consent to operate in Jasodharpur Industrial Area, Uttarakhand, 25/07/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shiv Prasad Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 25/07/2016 regarding closure of foundries/industries operating without
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Potassium Bromate in Breads, 22/07/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Potassium Bromate in Breads, 22/07/2016. The Government is aware of the study by the Centre for Science and Environment. Potassium bromate was earlier permitted to be used