Silicosis is ravaging mine and factory workers in several villages of Jharkhand.
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Recently, a pair of black-necked cranes was seen in eastern Ladakh.
Protection Status |
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IUCN Red List |
Endangered |
Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 |
Schedule I |
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Forests Rights Act 2006 has ensured that even pastoralists possess rights to access grazing pastures in lieu of the Community Forest Resource right they are eligible for.
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Several groups have corroborated the finding that oral tumours among Indian patients are not driven by HPV infection but by the Fusobacterium.
Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Fusobacterium is known that infections could play a role in cancer, with 18-20% of cancers associated with infectious agents.
This could be relatively higher in developing countries like India, than in the developed countries where the incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) genome is more.
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The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is going to start writing a global treaty on plastic pollution.
The blueprint for the plastic pollution resolution is being compared to the Montreal protocol to prevent ozone layer depletion and the Paris accord in terms of their open endedness.
Stage of lifecycle of plastic |
Facts |
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Extraction |
Almost two billion tonnes of GHG emissions per year. At least 10,000 additive chemicals used, of which 25% are hazardous. |
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Production |
Over 460 million tonnes of plastic produced annually. 2,30,000 tonnes of plastic pellets enter the environment every year. |
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Use |
Per capita use of plastic is as high as 221 kilogram for some countries. Half of all the plastics used is single-use plastic (SUP). |
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End of life |
Managed (in some parts of the world)
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Mismanaged (in other parts of the world)
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