Laying down the importance of good hand hygiene
The WHO Environment, Climate Change and Health Department’s Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health (WSH) Unit is producing hand hygiene guidelines... Read More
Study reveals Covid spreads through air
Can cover distance beyond 2 metres Authorities have come to accept what many researchers have argued for over a year:... Read More
WHO says handwashing can help prevent coronavirus transmission
As the first suspected cases of coronavirus in India — which claimed over 100 lives in China and has 56... Read More
Three-step technique for hand wash
A shortened 15-second application time and a simpler three-step technique for use of alcohol-based hand rub is as effective in... Read More
14 of 20 most polluted cities in world are in India: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its list of the 20 most polluted cities in the world on May 2,... Read More
Challenging Infection Control
[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]In the last quarter of 2017, Clean India Journal interacted with some of the Government hospitals and... Read More
WHO:Water contamination in Bangalore alarming
The potable water in Bangalore is much more contaminated than in Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai,... Read More
Painted Walls might affect health
In a latest scientific study, test and analysis conducted by Italy-based Certottica laboratory, it has been found that a large... Read More
Alumina nanoparticles better adsorb heavy metals in water
The methods to filter arsenic from drinking water are limited and costly. Commonly, alumina (aluminium oxide)-based materials like activated alumina... Read More
Beyond Pesticides –Breaking new frontiers in Pest Management
Cockroaches are unhygienic. There is demand for an effective and safe method without using synthetic pesticides to control them.
Controlling mosquitoes
Aquatic Entomology and Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Department of Advance Zoology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, Chennai, has successfully done experiments to create compounds from indigenous plant extracts which could be used for controlling mosquitoes
