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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, allowed a divisive Norwegian cruise liner to be demolished despite more than a year of objections by conservationists who said that the ship has toxic waste.

Ecologists, comprising Greenpeace, stated that the 46,000-tonne Blue Lady has over 900 tonnes of toxic waste like asbestos, threatening the physical condition of poorly equipped workers at the Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat.

Washington, September 11 : The risk of eye disease macular degeneration may be reduced by consuming higher levels of the yellow plant pigments lutein and zeaxanthin, suggests a study.

Washington, Sep 11 : Scientists have shed light on the role of oxidative stress in estrogen-related bone loss.

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Udine, Italy, have discovered new information about an immune pathway in mice that explains how oxidative stress that results from acute estrogen deficiency leads to the loss of bone.