Milk with antioxidant properties, Get more Healthy.

With antioxidants and rich flavor, this soothing recipe for  Milk is a delicious way to reap the benefits of Turmeric.

 Traditionally used for centuries in India, Turmeric is an herbal component packed with plant-based antioxidants that can help fight against cell-damaging free radicals in the body

 

How to make at home?

Ingredients:

• 1 half tea spoon of turmeric
• 2 Cups Coconut Milk
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• ¼ tsp Ginger
• 1 tsp Honey

Directions:

1. Combine turmeric, coconut milk, cinnamon, and ginger in small saucepan and set to medium heat
2. Heat mixture until steaming but do not bring to a boil
3. Pour liquid into a mug and add honey to sweeten
4. Enjoy!

 

 Andaman Sea warmer than Bay of Bengal: Role of Internal tide mixing deep

A new study conducted by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

(INCOIS) to investigate internal waves, however, has given an answer:

 Deep waters (below 1,200 metres) in the Andaman Sea are about 2 degrees celsius warmer  than the Bay of Bengal due to internal tide mixing.

Internal tide energy dissipation and associated vertical mixing play a major role in maintaining the warmer temperature in the deep Andaman Sea.

 The rate of vertical mixing in the AS is about twice than what is observed in the Bay of Bengal.

Temperature distribution in the deep ocean plays an important role in regulating the deep ocean circulation, water mass formation, distribution of chemical properties & the distribution of marine organisms including invertebrate animals.

 Effect of climate change was more pronounced in the deep sea and the marginal sea than previously believed, as per study.

 

Tidal-induced deep-sea mixing plays an important role in controlling the distribution of heat and carbon in the ocean cause of climate change scenario.

 Drive global ocean circulation and force nutrients up from the deep, where they can be used by tiny plants at the sea surface that is at the base of the ocean’s food web.

More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day

More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day

Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.

A new WHO report on Air pollution and child health: Prescribing clean air examines the heavy toll of both ambient (outside) and household air pollution on the health of the world’s children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The report is being launched on the eve of WHO’s first ever Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health. 

It reveals that when pregnant women are exposed to polluted air, they are more likely to give birth prematurely, and have small, low birth-weight children. Air pollution also impacts neurodevelopment and cognitive ability and can trigger asthma, and childhood cancer. Children who have been exposed to high levels of air pollution may be at greater risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease later in life.

“Polluted air is poisoning millions of children and ruining their lives,” says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is inexcusable. Every child should be able to breathe clean air so they can grow and fulfil their full potential.”

One reason why children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of air pollution is that they breathe more rapidly than adults and so absorb more pollutants.  

They also live closer to the ground, where some pollutants reach peak concentrations – at a time when their brains and bodies are still developing.

Newborns and young children are also more susceptible to household air pollution in homes that regularly use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking, heating and lighting 

“Air Pollution is stunting our children’s brains, affecting their health in more ways than we suspected. But there are many straight-forward ways to reduce emissions of dangerous pollutants ,” says Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health at WHO.

“WHO is supporting implementation of health-wise policy measures like accelerating the switch to clean cooking and heating fuels and technologies, promoting the use of cleaner transport, energy-efficient housing and urban planning. We are preparing the ground for low emission power generation, cleaner, safer industrial technologies and better municipal waste management, ” she added.

Key findings:

• Air pollution affects neurodevelopment, leading to lower cognitive test outcomes, negatively affecting mental and motor development.
• Air pollution is damaging children’s lung function, even at lower levels of exposures

• Globally, 93% of the world’s children under 15 years of age are exposed to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels above WHO air quality guidelines, which include the 630 million of children under 5 years of age, and 1.8 billion of children under 15 years

• In low- and middle-income countries around the world, 98% of all children under 5 are exposed to PM2.5 levels above WHO air quality guidelines. In comparison, in high-income countries, 52% of children under 5 are exposed to levels above WHO air quality guidelines.

• More than 40% of the world’s population – which includes for 1 billion children under 15 -  is exposed to high levels of household air pollution from mainly cooking with polluting technologies and fuels.

• About 600’000 deaths in children under 15 years of age were attributed to the joint effects of ambient and household air pollution in 2016.

• Together, household air pollution from cooking and ambient (outside) air pollution cause more than 50% of acute lower respiratory infections in children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries.

• Air pollution is one of the leading threats to child health, accounting for almost 1 in 10 deaths in children under five years of age.

WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, which opens in Geneva on Tuesday 30 October will provide the opportunity for world leaders; ministers of health, energy, and environment; mayors; heads of intergovernmental organizations; scientists and others to commit to act against this serious health threat, which shortens the lives of around 7 million people each year. Actions should include:

• Action by the health sector to inform, educate, provide resources to health professionals, and engage in inter-sectoral policy making.

• Implementation of policies to reduce air pollution: All countries should work towards  meeting WHO global air quality guidelines to enhance the health and safety of children. To achieve this, governments should adopt such measures as reducing the over-dependence on fossil fuels in the global energy mix, investing in improvements in energy efficiency and facilitating the uptake of renewable energy sources. Better waste management can reduce the amount of waste that is burned within communities and thereby reducing ‘community air pollution’. The exclusive use of clean technologies and fuels for household cooking, heating and lighting activities can drastically improve the air quality within homes and in the surrounding community.

• Steps to minimize children’s exposure to polluted air: Schools and playgrounds should be located away from major sources of air pollution like busy roads, factories and power plants. 

poison, what its mean for you.?

Poisons

 

A poison is any substance that causes harm to a living being. This can result from contact with the body e.g. a caustic, or following absorption into the body. Absorption can occur following ingestion, by passage through the skin or mucous membranes, by inhalation or by injection. A foetus can be poisoned by a substance crossing the placenta. Almost any substance can act as a poison if a sufficiently large dose is absorbed.

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How rainbow form...

A rainbow

A rainbow

 is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.

Rainbows can be full circles. However, the observer normally sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground,^[1]and centered on a line from the sun to the observer's eye.

In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it.

In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, with red on the inner side of the arc. This is caused by the light being reflected twice on the inside of the droplet before leaving it.