By: Dr Syeda Sultana Rizvi Lack of Government’s focus on Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience Aggravates Sufferings of People Floods in Pakistan have become increasingly recurrent and destructive, the causes may be multiple, the scale of devastation depends largely on how well the country prepares and responds. Pakistan’s flood risks stem from both natural factors, suchContinueContinue reading “Pakistan Floods 2025 and Missing Climate Action”
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GREATER AWARENESS ON HAZARDS OF EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS NEEDED By Dr. Syeda Sultana Rizvi : The use of chemicals including the hazardous ones has increased over the years. Chemicals are used in countless products of every day use ranging from such basic things as food and clothing to toys of children, cleaning agents, andContinueContinue reading
GREATER AWARENESS ON HAZARDS OF EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS NEEDED
By Dr. Syeda Sultana Rizvi April 7,2023 The use of chemicals including the hazardous ones has increased over the years. Chemicals are used in countless products of every day use ranging from such basic things as food and clothing to toys of children, cleaning agents, and personal care items to say a few. Presence ofContinueContinue reading “GREATER AWARENESS ON HAZARDS OF EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS NEEDED”
ASKREACH : HEDGING AGAINST THE HARMFUL
By Dr. Syeda Sultana Rizvi The EU Life sponsored project AskREACH that deals with providing information on presence of harmful substances in the products can boast of achieving a milestone by developing a free mobile phone application called scan4chem, that helps consumers in checking the presence of hazardous substances, if any, in articles they areContinueContinue reading “ASKREACH : HEDGING AGAINST THE HARMFUL”
Pakistan in troubled waters: Is climate change a big factor?
Dr. Syeda Sultana Rizvi The recent floods in Pakistan are being counted among the worst natural disasters in the recent history of this region, and as a symptom of climate change caused by ever-increasing global warming. Hanging over for the last 3 months, the calamity is not over, yet. With over 1600 people reported deadContinueContinue reading “Pakistan in troubled waters: Is climate change a big factor?”
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