Archives for August 2017

Education/Awareness

Obituary: P.M. Bhargava: Man of science who never bowed down to authority

2nd August 2017

From The Indian Express: One of the most outstanding biological scientists in India and the founder director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology (CCMB), Pushpa Mitra Bhargava was a perennial and powerful dissenter and never bowed down to authority. He was suffering from multiple health problems. He is survived by a son and a daughter….

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Carol Van Strum prepares to work on her property with her dogs Maybe and Mike

Risa Scott/RF Scott Imagery

Conserve/Resist

The Poison Papers: Carol Van Strum vs The chemical industry

From The Intercept: In a lifetime spent battling the chemical industry while enduring extreme personal tragedy, 72-year-old Carol Van Strum amassed disturbing evidence about the dangers of industrial chemicals —and the practices of the companies that make them, including Dow and Monsanto. Now, her archive, dubbed ‘The Poison Papers’, is finally in the public domain….

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NEWS ARCHIVE

NEWS UPDATE #151

1st August 2017

Climate change may have contributed to the suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers and farm workers over the past three decades, according to new research from the University of California-Berkeley on the impact of rising temperatures on vulnerable societies. Meanwhile, a new report from Asian Development Bank indicates climate change is pushing Asia towards doom….

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