Scientists ramp up monitoring of chemicals in people’s bodies European scientists are joining forces to find out more about the impact of common chemicals on human health, with the aim of providing solid evidence of risk that can feed into new regulations and policies. Every day we are exposed to a different of chemicals from different as […]
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Aroma of the Forest It’s Benefit on Human Health Plants are emitted substance that is Phytoncides (aroma of the forest). It is organic antimicrobial allelochemic compound. “Phyton” means “plant” in Latin, and “cide” means to exterminate. Phytoncides are produced to help plants & trees protect themselves from harmful insects and germs. Phytoncides do not only
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Zika Virus: Prevention and Control ZIKA, a mosquito borne virus is a flavivirus first identified in monkeys in Zika forest in Uganda in the year 1947. Thereafter, sporadic human cases have been reported in parts of Africa, the Americas, South East Asia and Western Pacific. According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 2007,
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Resurrection Plants How it feels regaining life after months or years? The fact is true for resurrection plants which can survive in extreme dried out conditions even over months or years. But when they are rehydrated they come back to life again. Hence, they are often referred to as “resurrection plants”. The nature the desiccation
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Ganga and Yamuna are living Entities In a landmark judgment, the Uttarakhand High Court recently ruled that holy rivers, Ganga and Yamuna as living human entities. The verdict has given the two sacred rivers the status of a legal person with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities. Being a ‘living entity’ the court has made
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Golden Poison Arrow Frog From Columbia The golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), also known as the golden frog, golden poison arrow frog, or golden dart frog, is a poison dart frog endemic to the Pacific coast of Colombia. The optimal habitat of P. terribilis is the rainforest with high rain rates (5 m or more
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King of Himalayan Flowers – Saussurea Obvulata Saussureaobvallata is a native plant species to Uttarakhand Himalaya at an altitude of around 4500 m. It belongs to the Angiospermic family Asteraceae. After the formation of Uttarakhand it is declared as the state flowerof Uttarakhand and locally known as Brahma Kamal. It is generally distributed at an
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Availability of Micro-Nutrients in Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers(IN PPM) Plant synthesize their food material by assimilation of 18 element, out of which 3 element (carbon, oxygen and Hydrogen) are obtained from water and remaining 15 element (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulphur, Iron, Boron, Magnesium, Zinc Molybdenum, Copper, Nickle, Cobalt and vanadium) are obtained from
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Seahorse Fathers Take Reins in Childbirth It’s true that male seahorses never play catch with their children or help them with their homework. But they do outdo human dads on one count: Male seahorses undergo pregnancy and give birth to their sons and daughters.The trait is unique in these strange and fascinating fish that inhabit
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Some Major Racial Groups of India The Mongolian element came from the East and moved towards the South. The Indo-Aryan race came to India in 1500 B.C. Hence, the population of India, according to Hutton,Consists of the following races (1) Negrito, (2) Proto-Austroloid, (3) Mediterranean: (a) East Mediterranean, (b) Mediterranean, (4) Armenoid branch of Alpine, (5)
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