Highlights: Frequent use of household cleaning products may trigger respiratory problems in young infants (birth to three months) Getting exposed to harmful chemicals and volati...
Highlights: Applying makeup during pregnancy can make your unborn child fat Pregnant women who use cosmetics containing harmful chemicals such as parabens are more likely to put...
Highlights: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has proposed changes to the drugs and cosmetics rules 1945, which allows healthcare functionaries (non-doctors) ...
Highlights: Your own iPhone and TV screens can affect your health Liquid crystal monomers widely used in flat-screen TVs, smartphones and computer screens, are highly toxic and de...
Highlights: World Antibiotic Awareness Week is celebrated on 18 th - 24 th November 2019 It aims to raise awareness about the importance of antibiotics and preventio...
Highlights: World Toilet Day is celebrated every year on 19 th November It stresses on the importance of access to sanitation facilities for leading a healthy life It...
Highlights : Giving antibiotics to preterm infants can have potentially harmful longterm side effects by affecting the development of good bacteria in the gut, thereby ...
Highlights: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Awareness Day is observed on 9 th September every year It’s objective is to generate awareness among pregnant women abo...
Highlights : Excess fluoride in drinking water can cause kidney and liver damage in adolescents and if there is pre-existing liver or kidney disease, these children tend...
Highlights: There is currently an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) that is ongoing in Bihar, India It has taken the lives of 133 children so far Toxins present...
Highlights: The first-ever World Food Safety Day is observed on June 7 th It is a joint initiative between the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture...
Highlights: Marijuana used by pregnant women to treat morning sickness can harm the baby’s brain It results in behavioral, memory, and learning problems after birth It...
Highlights: Switching to flame retardant chemical-free foam cubes in landing pits can protect gymnasts from exposure to hazardous chemicals in flame retardants Landing pits in the gym a...
Highlights: Hookah smoke contains very high levels of toxic chemicals – even more than that present in cigarettes Hookah smoking affects blood pressure, heart rate and can be harmful to...
Highlights: Nicotine could harm human embryos at the single-cell level This has been established by a new single-cell RNA sequencing technology This new technology can be u...
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