Sanitation and Water Disposal

Sanitation and Water Disposal The seriousness of the challenges associated with urban Water supply and sanitation in India have been recognised in recent times. After decades of neglect, the first national effort to invest in the urban water and sanitation sector commenced in the 1970s, but was accorded considerable priority in the subsequent two decades … Read more

Excretory System

–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> Introduction If you exercise on a hot day, you are likely to lose a lot of water in sweat. Then, for the next several hours, you may notice that you do not pass urine as often as normal and that your urine is darker than usual. … Read more

Alkap

What is Alkaptonuria? Alkaptonuria is a rare genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to break down a substance called homogentisic acid. This causes homogentisic acid to build up in the body, leading to a number of health problems, including arthritis, black urine, and ochronosis (a darkening of the skin and connective tissues). How is … Read more