A report led by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals that thousands of tonnes of colistin – what medics refer to as the “last hope antibiotic” – is being shipped to countries like India for use in livestock farming.
The time taken to reach the limit improves since last year but campaigners say the Government must do more to save lives.
Even the fruits and vegetables are wrapped in plastic so that the sensors can read them, inculcating a culture of convenience and waste.
The scientists tried 79 times before they got it right. Monkey after monkey was made to live in distressing conditions and then die after a few days.
The bottled water industry creates 2 million tons of plastic bottle waste every year.
The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. The report ranks 180 countries on 24 performance indicators.
Researchers found that teens who spent a lot of time in front of screen devices were less happy than those who invested time in non-screen activities.
UK study reports that the number of older people diagnosed with four or more diseases will double between 2015 and 2035.
A coalition of U.S. hospitals has decided to take matters into its own hands in the face of ever-rising drug prices: The group is going to start its own drug company to compete with big pharma.
The drought-stricken city announced that it will begin marking 200 collection points where its 3.7 million residents will be required to queue for a rationed supply of water on ‘Day Zero’ – currently forecast to be April 21, 2018.
Scientists say millions more are at risk of flooding over the decades to come based on climate change already in the pipeline. In order to survive, the time to adapt is now.
Warming temperatures off the coasts of Australia may be having a devastating effect on green sea turtle populations by turning almost all their offspring into females.
Today, the city of New York in US joined a number of California cities in suing a group of major oil companies for the costs of climate change.
From Texas to Puerto Rico, here’s how much damage extreme weather caused last year.
Researchers plotted temperature rises against the number of asylum applications and are predicting that as the southern hemisphere heats up the number of people migrating to the EU each year will triple.
