Short Term Research Project from City Colleges

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Many colleges from Bangalore have responded for our invitation with the interest of doing project based on lead, thus to create an awareness among general public. All the projects have been financially supported by Quality Council of India.

1. List of Colleges
2. Focus on Women
3. BEST

List of Colleges:

S.No	Name of the College	Project Title
1.	MES College	Eco Ganesha - Friend of Nature
2.	Christ College	Lead Content in Water in Residential Area in & Around Bangalore
3.	JyotiNivas College	Lead Content in Drinking Water
4.	Reva Institute of Science & Management	Lead Content in Milk & Milk Product
5.	MS Ramaiah College	Landfill & Lead Poisoning
6.	NMKRV College for Women	Health Effect of People Around Vrishabharti Treatment Plant Due to Lead Poisoning
7.	SJR College	Lead Content in Soil
8.	PES Degree College	Lead Content in Ceramic & Plastic
9.	Goverment Science College	Lead Content in Plants
10.	Maharani Science College	Lead Content in Cosmetics
11.	Vivekanda Degree College	Health Effect of Workers Working in Printing Press
12.	Mount Carmel College	Study of Impact by Bellandur Lake& the Accumulation of Pollutant in Ground Water, Soil, & Vegetation
13	Maharani Lakhsmi Ammni Science College	Lead In Cosmetic and Lead in Soil
14	M.S Ramaiah College	Lead Toxicity on Freshwater fish and its consequent effect on people consuming it along with the industrial belt of West Bengal

Thesis awarded through NRCLPI:

S.No	Title of the Thesis	Submitted By
1.	Effect of Lead on kidney in well nourished & undernourished rats with short term & long term exposure	Dr. Geraldine Menezes
2.	Subclinical Health effect of lead on the rat central nervous system particularly Brain	Dr. Anita R. Bijoor
3.	Effect of short term & long Term exposure of lead on liver in well nourished & undernourished rats	Dr. H.S D'souza

OnGoing Thesis:

S.No	Title of the Thesis	Submitted By
1.	Evaluation of renal functions in lead based battery workers in the organized & unorganized sectors	Dr. Vishal Babu G.N
2.	Evaluation of Liver function tests in lead based industrial worker & their family mambers	Raviraj A.

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Focus on Women

Women have to be very careful about lead poisoning. The cosmetics are the utility products used extensively worldwide for maintaining and improving general appearance of face and other parts of the body e.g. mouth, hand fingers, eye, hair etc. The main objective of the cosmetic application is to look more impressive, beautiful and smart to a considerable extent. Kohl (kajal/surma) and Sindoor (kumkum) are the two important traditional cosmetics, which are used since ancient times. Kohls are very popular in Asia, Africa and Middle East, which are applied around the eyes to beautify them. Women are frequently using these two traditional cosmetics without knowing the health hazards of these utility products.

Lead can poison children and adults alike, but children under the age of six are the most susceptible. Young children still have growing; developing brains and nervous systems, and any toxic substance may adversely affect the course of their normal development. In children under six years old, the blood brain barrier has not yet completely formed, increasing the child's risk to severe damage from lead exposure.

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BEST

Better Environmental sustainability Targets : NRCLPI (National Referral center for lead poisoning in India), INDIA also working with OK (Occupational Knowledge) International to improve the environmental performance of one of the most polluted industry i.e. Lead Battery manufacturing Industries to reduce the emission and prevent lead poisoning in workers working in such industries. The Better Environmental Sustainability Targets (BEST) Certification is an International initiative for the purpose of standardizing environmental performance goal for lead battery manufacturers. This voluntary certification program rewards lead battery manufacturers who meet strict environmental performance standard and agree to take back used batteries for environmentally sound recycling.

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