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A new report by Mckinsey and company estimates that US can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by half at a manageable cost,
The United States could reduce GHG emissions in 2030 by 3.0 to 4.5 gigatons of CO2e using tested approaches and high-potential emerging technologies. These reductions would involve pursuing a wide array [...]

As reported by the New York Times’ health blog, a University of Wisconsin study confirms what many people already suspect.
Healthy eating really does cost more.
That’s what University of Washington researchers found when they compared the prices of 370 foods sold at supermarkets in the Seattle area. Calorie for calorie, junk foods not only cost less [...]

A new study conducted in Punjab by the Chandigarh based Post-Graduate Institute for Medical Education and research has shown high rates of mutated DNA,
Preliminary results from a two-year study commissioned by the Punjab Water Pollution Control Board found mutated DNA in blood samples of 65 percent of the people tested. The study also found high [...]

Arjun Singh imposed quotas. Ramadoss threw out Venugopal. What’s the difference?

After nearly year a struggle, the union health minister, Anbumani Ramadoss has finally managed to dislodge the director of the All India Institute of Medical Science, Dr P Venugopal from his post. There is little Ramadoss hasn’t tried in the last one years: media war, [...]