That's not sweet: study claims honey brands
contaminated
First Published: 16:23
IST(15/9/2010)
Last Updated: 16:30 IST(15/9/2010)
Last Updated: 16:30 IST(15/9/2010)
Popular honey brands in the
country are contaminated with high levels of antibiotics, which are fed to bees
and are bad for health, the Centre for Science and Environment claimed on
Wednesday. The Delhi-based NGO said its study found antibiotics, like the
banned chloramphenicol and broad spectrum ciprofloxacin and erythromycin,
in almost all brands sold in the market. Leading honey producers -- Dabur,
Baidyanath, Patanjali Ayurveda, Khadi, Himalaya
-- all had two-four antibiotics in their products, much above the stipulated
standards. Two foreign brands – from Australia
and Switzerland
“It is clear that foreign companies are taking advantage of the lack of regulations inIndia
“It is clear that foreign companies are taking advantage of the lack of regulations in
A Last Stand for Tigers?
Posted on September 14, 2010 | 0
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With the number of wild
tigers at an all-time low, a new study warns that unless conservation managers
redouble funds and efforts to protect tigers in the few places they can still
thrive, we may lose the world's largest cat.
By Liza Gross
Sometime before dawn on
August 22, 2009, three killers came for Sheila. Stealing past the main gate of
Sumatra's Taman Rimba Zoo, the intruders climbed on to the roof of the tiger
enclosure, tossed down a slab of poisoned meat, and waited.Assured that the
fearsome Sumatran female could no longer defend herself, they ……………………….
A Modest Plan to Save the Tigers
The fate of the Siberian
tiger is of particular concern in Russia ,
where they roam the Far East . A new study says
tigers have been squeezed to less than 7 percent of their historical range.
Most of the estimated 3,500
tigers that still roam the wild live in 42 relatively contained enclaves in India , Sumatra and Far Eastern Russia, with a
smattering in Malaysia , Thailand and Laos
The paper, to be published on
Tuesday in the Public Library of Science Biology journal, notes that the tigers
have been squeezed down to less than 7 percent of their historical range……….
Officials plan to drive leopards into forests
September 14th, 2010
Following a leopard attack on
pilgrims trekking the Tirumala hillock, forest officials kept surveillance on
their movements. They came to know that wild cats are prowling in the plains,
leaving their habitat in the forests.
They said that the wild cats
were moving on hillocks at Madanapalli in Chittoor district…………..
NGO concerned over elephant deaths on railway tracks
2010-09-15 19:10:00
A leading NGO working for
wildlife Wednesday alleged that the authorities' failure to implement
recommendations by an expert panel has led to an increase in elephant deaths on
North Bengal railway tracks.
'To arrest the incidence of
elephant killing on the railway track between Siliguri and Alipurduar railway
stations in the North East Frontier Railway, several recommendations were made
by the expert committee set up by the West Bengal forest department,' WWF-India
director Saswati Sen alleged.
The recommendations were also
forwarded to central forest and environment and railway ministries but no such
recommendations have been implemented……….
Govt defies green cry over project
BIBHUTI BARIK
They fear that construction
of the museum coming up on 12 acres inside the park would result in large-scale
destruction of greenery. Officials of the textiles and handloom department,
however, dismissed such fears and said the natural beauty of the park would not
be affected.
Handloom and handicrafts
secretary Aarti Ahuja, said: “We will not only preserve the site but also plant
more trees. We will follow a green building concept keeping the tree cover …………………………………..
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