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Microbial Biodegradation of Toxic Waste (Bioremediation)
For many decades, humans have polluted the environment. The resultant toxic waste has been attributed to the development of a number of serious illnesses and health problems, such as cancer, diabetes, developmental illnesses, endocrine disruption, kidney damage, liver damage, and potentially heart disease.
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To tackle this major health and environmental issue, scientists have developed a strategy to clean up toxic waste using naturally occurring and genetically modified microbes to degrade toxic substances so that they are no longer harmful. This strategy is known as bioremediation.
What is bioremediation?
Covid crisis spurs packaging rethink The second Covid wave has wreaked havoc as it drew attention to the shortcomings of oxygen supply, hospital beds and vaccines in the country. WhatPackaging? highlights how top brands are contributing their bit to mitigate the situation ITC PSPD has supplied over 100 MT of liquid oxygen to the nearby hospitals in Telangana
Amazon brings 10,000 oxygen concentrators
Amazon joined hands with ACT Grants, Temasek Foundation and Pune Platform for Covid Response (PPCR) and other partners to airlift over 8,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 BiPAP machines from Singapore. According to the company, the medical equipment will be donated to hospitals and public institutions to augment their capacity to help Covid infected patients across multiple cities.
SEEDS functions with a network of volunteers
How does someone who cannot read register to take the shot or access information on the CoWIN app? Well, if you ve got a SEEDS volunteer nearby, you have nothing to fear.
Since 1994, SEEDS has been building a community that is equipped to deal with natural disasters. The Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) is a family of sorts with members across 13 states where they respond to major threats to human life - handling everything from floods to hurricanes. Since last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has led the organisation to band together and function as a link wherever the system is broken.