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DYING YOUNG
Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they
are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their special bodies make them most
vulnerable to a host of diseases
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover_nl.asp?mode=2
PATENT DEBATE
The Patents (Second Amendment) Bill has found favour with both Houses of Parliament. With
the Lok Sabha's approval on May 13, debate on the bill has assumed mammoth proportions.
Has the government fallen in with World Trade Organisation diktat, or has it actually
succeeded in the Herculean task of 'balancing' national interests with its international
obligations?
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover_nl.asp?mode=1
PARADISE UNDER FIRE
The beautiful Valley of Flowers, in the Chamoli district of Uttaranchal , known for its
flower diversity and fecundity, is caught in a strange controversy over ban on grazing
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover_nl.asp?mode=3
CATCHWATER NEWSLETTER APRIL 2002
Our new bimonthly water harvesting newsletter is now available on our site with articles
about: National Water Policy A futile exercise andmore
www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/april2002/perspective.htm
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