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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'Carcinogenic' additive in bread banned by regulator
New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on Monday banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive after Centre for Science and Environment alleged the presence of the substance
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India orders inquiry into 'cancer-causing bread'
The CSE has urged the government to ban the use of toxic chemicals in bakery products India's health ministry has ordered an inquiry after a study found cancer-causing chemicals in many bread and other
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What’s in our bread?: CSE’s new study points to presence of possible cancer-causing chemical in bread
One of urban India’s staple food products – the bread that we buy off the shelves every day – could be laced with toxic chemicals which are serious health hazards, finds a new study done in Delhi by Centre
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Potassium Bromate/Iodate in Bread and Bakery Product: CSE study results and recommendations
Use of chemical food additives is a common practice in packaged and processed foods. Not all of them are safe. One such additive is potassium bromate (KBrO3) which, until over two decades ago, was routinely
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Potassium Bromate or Potassium Iodate in Bread
Bread industry uses potassium bromate and potassium iodate, substances that are banned in many countries, but not in India; Indian regulators must act immediately and ban them CSE’s new study tests bread
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CSE study shows Delhi beats other Indian metros at pollution control
Delhi is leading the major metropolises of India in controlling air pollution, a study by the think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) suggests. In a study that mapped the 10 most populous
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Living dead
Three decades after the Bhopal gas lead killed a few thousand people overnight, the struggle continues for its survivors. A number of issues concerning the survivors of the disaster, termed the biggest
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SC imposes green levy on trucks entering Delhi
The court also ordered toll collectors to put in place radio frequency identification systems at the nine main entry points in the city by November 30. Commercial vehicles entering Delhi would have to
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SC: Vehicles entering Delhi to pay environment charge from Nov.
Charges will be Rs 700 for light duty vehicles and two-axle vehicles and Rs 1,300 for three-axle and above. The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ (ECC) on commercial
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Vehicles entering Delhi to pay environment charge from November: Supreme Court
Light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1, with the Supreme Court today imposing the ‘Environment Compensation