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  • Lead in the environment

    Lead pollution in the environment is detrimental to human health and ecological health. Approximately 900,000 deaths are attributed to the lead exposure in 2019 (1). Children are the most vulnerable groups to lead pollution. Ingestion and inhalation  are possible exposure… Continue reading

    Lead in the environment

  • Carbon dioxide Emission Trend

    Carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases, has been concentrating in the atmosphere due to anthropogenic activities. The global concentration has increased from 280 ppm in the pre-industrial era to 379 ppm in 2005. A trend analysis of carbon dioxide… Continue reading

  • Snapshot of the daily deaths and daily new cases of coronavirus

    Analysis of past seven days (December 25, 2020 to December 31, 2020) of coronavirus cases of the most affected five countries reveals the highest number of daily new cases in USA as compared to India, Brazil, Russia, and France. Daily… Continue reading

    Snapshot of the daily deaths and daily new cases of coronavirus

  • Coronavirus in Asia: Box-plot Analysis

    Analysis of the past 15 days(29 May to 12 June, 2020) of coronavirus data (www.worldometers.info) reveals higher daily number of new cases  in India as compared to other Asian countries. Analysis depicts 12,375 daily new cases as maximum in India… Continue reading

  • Daily deaths due to coronavirus

    Daily new cases or mortality due to coronavirus in the most affected countries in the past ten days shows a contrasting scenario. Worldometer(www.worldometer.info) data of past 10 days (May 30 to June 08, 2020) shows similar pattern among Russia, UK… Continue reading

  • Goal 3: Health and Well Being

    Several health issues such as mortality rate, epidemics of diseases, drug abuse, sexual and reproductive health have been existed throughout the decade. Goal 3 of UN Sustainable Development Goals states “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all… Continue reading

  • Urban Water Management

    Sustainable management of urban water has been necessitated to ensure urban sustainability. Growing population and aging infrastructure are creating challenges for efficient water management in cities. Groundwater decline is major problem across the cities relying on groundwater as a source… Continue reading

  • Goal 1: UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Goal 1 of UN Sustainable Development Goals states “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”. Reducing poverty worldwide has long been debated and stated in Millennium Development Goals. Millennium Development Goals was met five years early to reduce 1990 poverty… Continue reading

  • Water Demand

    Goal 6 of UN Sustainable Development Goals states “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” and target 6.1 is stated as “By 2030, universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all” (UN,… Continue reading

  • Carbon Pricing

    Carbon pricing is an effective policy instrument to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Carbon pricing is based on polluter pay principle that a carbon emitter pays price to cut the emissions (Bowen, 2011; World Bank, 2015). Polluters have decision making power… Continue reading