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Jun 30, 2011
Green Chemistry
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There is an article in Chemical & Engineering News on 27.06.2011 about green chemistry, the history behind its development, 12 principl...
Jun 28, 2011
Home poisons - tips to handle the dangers
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There is an article in The Phillippine Star about 10 most common poisons at home that are likely to harm children health and one of the pois...
Jun 26, 2011
Slipping on ice
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Last week I was on a personal tour and walked a bit on snow mountains. I saw water flowing down under ice and some of the tourists are slidi...
Jun 13, 2011
Heavy winds upturn 7 containers and flyoff 2 drivers
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There were reports of heavy winds in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 10.06.2011. Seven containers on the road were upturned, t...
Jun 7, 2011
Dust explosion
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There is one more dust explosion at Hoeganaes facility, Tennessee on May 27th in which two persons died and another is seriously injured. Ea...
Jun 5, 2011
17 year old dies during height increase exercise
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A 17 year old boy dies due to entanglement of nylon cloth sari. He used to practice height improvement exercise by hanging from ceiling and ...
Protect children from pollution - a cartoon in Deccan Chronicle
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A cartoon on pollution in the cities and protecting school going children from pollution. Counterpoint Deccan Chronicle LINK
Electrocution of two contract workers
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As per news paper report , two persons died while climbing down the electric pole after doing repair jobs on a 11 kv feeder line. As per the...
Jun 4, 2011
Fall and death of a boy in corn machine
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As mentioned in a local news paper report, a boy died due to fall in the corn processing machine while adding corn to the machine. The 14 y...
Jun 2, 2011
Case study - compressed air turns man into a balloon
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All of us know the hazards of compressed air when targeted on persons. Here is an incident which almost lead to bursting of the person. Thou...
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