New Age App to Fulfil Your Dream of Parenthood
15 01 2014
BLOOM IVF APP avails Fertility Calculator on just a touch also facilitates free online consultation.
New Delhi, January 14, 2014
The
use of mobile applications has skyrocketed over the past decade and is
omnipresent in the mobile arena like never before! Whether you wish to
get into the right style for the day or you wish to monitor your health
statistics, you can get all information at a single click. Moving step
forward BLOOM IVF Group has launched a new mobile application called BLOOM IVF which would be a perfect guide for infertile couples seeking or undergoing IVF treatment.
As
there are many techniques (IUI, ICSI, IMSI, IVF) available in Assisted
Reproductive Technology for curing the male and female infertility
problems, however due to lack of awareness couple remains in confusion
and doubt about the decision of opting for In Vitro Fertilization. This
application will provide perfect solution to all queries as it contains a
host of information about FAQs, techniques, medical dictionary as well
as facility for free online consultation.
Dr. Hrishikesh Pai, Consultant Gynaecologist at Fortis Bloom IVF Centre informed
that couples generally struggle with the right Fertility dates, BLOOM
IVF App has a ‘Fertility Calculator’ that will help you predict the most
fertile time of the month and helps improve your fertility. Enter the
first day of your last menstrual period and it will show the most
fertile period of the month at a touch”.
Dr. Hrishikesh Pai, Consultant Gynaecologist at Fortis Bloom IVF Centre, while
shedding light on today’s fertility scenario said that there are
couples who are taking advantage of all latest treatments available to
complete their family. While amongst those, we still have patients who
have undergone repeated IVF/ICSI cycles but unable to conceive due to
unexplained reasons. The doctors of Fortis Bloom IVF Centre through BLOOM IVF will
share the various advanced techniques of fertility treatments such as
IVF, ICSI, IMSI, blastocyst culture, vitrification and embryoscope which
have enabled lot of patients with repeated IVF failures to have
children. BLOOM IVF APP offers
an IVF glossary to guide patient through the complex terms and
medications, also provides answers of fertility questions to support the
couple’s attempt to concieve. Couple with severe medical complications
gets free online consultation from Senior Obstetricians of Bloom IVF
Group. They can anytime discuss the results with clinician for right
guidance.”
Dr Pai informed that this application can be downloaded free of charge by going to the Google PlayStore and typing: Bloom IVF or IVF Mumbai.Free on line consultation can also be availed by visiting http://www.bloomivfdelhi.com
Dr. Nandita Palshetkar, Consultant Gynaecologist, Fortis Bloom IVF Centre stresses, Bloom IVF app
is the promising guide for infertile couples to plan and track
fertility treatment. This app places all valuable and extremely helpful
information in the palm of your hand…for free. It reduces the stress of
IVF treatment, by helping you plan at every step.
Dr Palshetkar further added that patients often have small small queries for which they want clarification; they can just log onto BLOOM IVFapp and get answers.
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Hindustan FC Register 2nd Straight Win; Beat Tarun Sangha 2-1
15 01 2014
Solutrean-Bonjour-Hindustan
FC notched up their 2nd straight win in the Delhi Senior Division Super
League on Wednesday when they defeated Tarun Sangha 2-1 at the Ambedkar
Stadium.
After
a listless first half, that saw both the equally matched side fighting
to get the lead, Hindustan FC drew the first blood right at the start of
the 2nd half. O.O. Sola was in the thick of things inside the box when
his shot was brilliantly saved by the keeper. But Khemson Kamei, pounced
on to a rebound and slotted the ball into the net, giving the Tarun
Sangha golie no 2nd chance.
Tarun
Sangha tried hard for the equaliser and their hard work paid off when
Emanuel Eni was brought down inside the HFC box in the 77th minute. Eni
stepped up to take the spotkick and sent the diving goalkeeper the wrong
way, to level the proceedings.
The
joy however was short-lived as Khemsom and Sola once again combined to
struck the winner. Khemson ran down the right flank and sent in an inch
perfect cross, which the Nigerian sent rattling into the net, as the
players in the box stood still and just watched.
With
this win, Hindustan FC have gathered 6 points from two matches in the
Super League. They next play Garhwal Heroes on January 18.
Babua Biswas
IndiGenius Sports ManagementPR | Talent Management | Consultancy | Designs
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DIE GALERIE is pleased to announce its 4th participation in INDIA ART FAIR, New Delhi.
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DIE GALERIE is pleased to announce its 4th presence at INDIA ART FAIR as a bright and standard-setting German beacon in the world of high class international art.
Gallerist
Peter Femfert is a trouper on the art fair stages around the world,
frequently exhibiting at ARMORY SHOW, EXPO CHICAGO, INDIA ART FAIR, KIAF
Seoul, and other venues. “Art
is unique. It connects people of the most varied of nations, and is
invariably capable of challenging and expanding one’s horizon. Art gives
us the opportunity of seeing the world through the eyes of others and
from continually new vantage points. This is something I cherish dearly –
for this constant confrontation with the unknown, the exotic, the
unusual and the innovative is my source of energy and enthusiasm.”
This year the Indian art public can look forward to discovering at DIE GALERIE’s booth C 10 an ambitious presentation of high quality art focused on artists of the well-established European gallery programme: |
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The
vanguards of European 20th century art dominate DIE GALERIE’s show
presenting art works by some of the crucial figures of the epoch: Marc Chagall, André Masson, Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso.
Special attention will be given to the main members of the important European post-war artist group “CoBrA” (Copenhagen, Brussels andAmsterdam) Karel Appel, Corneille, Asger Jorn and Carl-Henning Pedersen with a selection of colourful, splendid paintings and fabulous works on paper.Furthermore DIE GALERIE will be highlighting contemporary figurative art by internationally recommended positions from Europe with paintings by Volker Stelzmann, member of the famous School of Leipzig, Klaus Zylla, Claudio Massini and José Enguídanos as well as sculptures by Dietrich Klinge and the worldwide known artist Igor Mitoraj. |
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Unregulated and unlawful Presence of heavy metals in cosmetics
15 01 2014
Unregulated and unlawful
Presence of heavy metals in cosmetics – a CSE study release
- New CSE study finds mercury in fairness creams and chromium and nickel in lipsticks. Mercury is not permitted to be used in cosmetics in India – their mere presence in these products is illegal
- India has very weak regulations and almost no enforcement, which is why some companies are getting away with flouting the law
NEW DELHI, January 15, 2014: One
of India’s largest studies on the presence of heavy metals in cosmetics
has emerged with a startling finding: the fairness creams – ones which
are endorsed by some of our biggest Bollywood names – could contain
mercury, an element which is universally recognised as extremely toxic.
Lipsticks, which many of us can’t do without, may come packed with
chromium, which is carcinogenic.
Centre
for Science and Environment’s (CSE’s) Pollution Monitoring Lab (PML),
which did the study, says use of mercury in cosmeticsis prohibited in
India. PML found mercury in 44 per cent of the fairness creams it
tested. It also found chromium in 50 per cent and nickel in 43 per cent
of the lipstick samples it tested. The lab also tested for lead and
cadmium, but did not find any.
Said
CSE director general Sunita Narain: “Mercury is not supposed to be
present in cosmetic products. Their mere presence in these products is
completely illegal and unlawful.”
“Additionally,
the fact that our lab did not find mercury in 56 per cent of the
products tested suggests that the industry has the capacity and
wherewithal to clean up their act. Many companies are following the law –
what is stopping the others from doing so?” she asked.
Said
Chandra Bhushan, CSE deputy director general and head of its lab: “What
is coming out very clearly is that this sector has extremely weak
regulations and almost no enforcement of whatever laws that exist.”
The CSE study and its findings
73
cosmetic products of four different categories were tested for heavy
metals: 32 fairness creams (26 for women and six for men) were tested
for mercury. 30lipsticks, 8 lip balms and 3 anti-ageing creams were
tested for lead, cadmium, chromium and nickel. The samples included
Indian and international cosmetic brands along with a few herbal
products. The results:
a. Fairness creams
- Mercury: Found in 14 fairness creams testedby CSE in the range of 0.10 parts per million (ppm) to 1.97 ppm. Under the Drugs and Cosmetics Acts and Rules of India, Mercury is banned for use in cosmetics. Their presence in these products indicates that they are not meeting the law.
- Aroma Magic Fair Lotion, a product of Blossom Kochhar Beauty Products Pvt Ltd, had the highest mercury level at 1.97 ppm, followed by Olay Natural White (1.79 ppm), a product of Procter and Gamble, India, and Ponds White Beauty (1.36 ppm) of Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
b. Lipsticks
- Chromium was found in 15 out of 30 lipsticks tested in the range of 0.45 ppm to 17.83 ppm. Hearts & Tarts (080V) shade of ColorBar had the highest concentration.
- Nickel was found in 13 out of 30 products tested in the range of 0.57 to 9.18 ppm, with LancomeLabsolu Nu-204 of L’Oreal India Pvt. Ltd. containing the highest concentration.
CSE did not find any heavy metals in anti-aging creams and lip balms. It also didn’t detect Lead and Cadmium in Lipsticks.
(See the CSE complete study results and an info-package on our website at http://www.cseindia.org/node/5279)
How safe are these products?
To
gauge the safety of cosmetic products it tested, CSE compared the
levels of heavy metals found with their Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI)
limits. ADI is the maximum amount of a toxin that a person can be
exposed to over a lifetime without any appreciable health risk. Since
India has not set limits for ADI of mercury, CSE compared the amount of
mercury in fairness creams with the ADI set by the US Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA).
The
results show whitening creams may contribute up to 71 per cent of the
ADI for mercury, depending upon the product and the amount of the
fairness cream used. This is a very high level of exposure to mercury
from just one product. People are regularly exposed to the heavy metal
from sources such as food, water and air. With some whitening cream
accounting for over 50 per cent of the ADI for mercury, chances are high
that a person using these products may exceed the ADI limit for
mercury. Health risks associated with mercury would increase
proportionally. Mercury is a neurotoxin.Inorganic mercurythat is
presentin fairness creams can damagekidneys and may cause rashes, skin
discolouration and scarring. It can also cause anxiety, depression,
psychosis and peripheral neuropathy.
In
case of chromium, the amounts found by CSE in lipsticks was very high
compared to the ADI. For a heavy user, 13 out of 30 lipsticks tested by
CSE would cross the ADI. Lipstick with highest level of chromium would expose a heavy user to over 15 times the safety limit.Hexavalent chromium (CrVI), one of theforms in which chromium is present, is known to cause cancer in humans.
CSE approached companies for clarification
CSE approached all companies with the test results of their products. Seven out of 14 companies responded. None disputed CSE’s findings.However,
most took refuge in the concept of ‘trace’ presence. Their defense is
that the heavy metal found is small in quantity and it is unavoidable
because it is part of the ingredients. They also claimed that their
product is safe for long term use. CSE’s study shows that it is
certainly avoidable as mercury is not found in more than half of
fairness creams and 40% of lipsticks do not have chromium or nickel. On
the other hand the levels at which CSE found chromium in some products
is exposing the consumers to well above the ADI of chromium.
The regulatory gaps
Extremely
weak and ineffective – this is how regulatory control over the
cosmetics industry can be explained as. In India, limits are set only
for few heavy metal and that too, in colourants – an ingredient used in
cosmetics. Colourants make up 10per cent of the weight of a lipstick,
and are one of the sources of heavy metals. There are no limits for
finished products – which makes it difficult to monitor. Over and above,
none of these products are tested by regulators. As is the case with
the presence of mercury in fairness creams.
Says
Chandra Bhushan: “Manufacturers often get awayon the pretext that toxic
metals are present in tracelevels. It is important that regulatorsset
limits forfinal products and enforce them.”
- For more on this including the study report, an info-package and the Down To Earth analysis, please visit the CSE website,www.cseindia.org
- For setting up interviews or any other help, please contact SheebaMadan (sheeba@cseindia.org / 8860659190) or Souparno Banerjee (souparno@cseindia.org / 9910864339).
