Laboratory results of honey testing
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It is a food fraud more nefarious and more sophisticated than what we found in our 2003 and 2006 investigations into soft drinks; more damaging to our health than perhaps anything that we have found till
NEW DELHI:Groundwater in areas around the Bhopal gas tragedy site contain almost 40 times more pesticides than allowed under the Indian standards, the Centre for Science and Environment has claimed. The Pollution Monitoring Lab of the NGO tested water and soil samples from in and around the Union Carbide factory, and found high concentrations of pesticides and heavy metals.
A student holds a placard during a protest against the delay in justice for Bhopal gas tragedy victims in Bangalore on Wednesday. AFP Groundwater in areas around the Bhopal gas tragedy site contain almost 40 times more pesticides than allowed under the Indian standards, the Centre for Science and Environment has claimed.
Twenty-five years after Union Carbide's accursed chemical plant spewed 42 tonnes of poisonous methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, killing 8,00010,000 people, and debilitating thousands of others, a study conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that toxic waste lying at the plant premises still contaminates the city's land and water.
For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.
25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal reveals this study by Centre for Science & Environment. This study based on CSE's Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tests found that water and soil in & around the Union Carbide factory are loaded with pesticides. See Also: Factsheets: The legal & medical tangles. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/webexclusives/factsheet_1.htm
For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.
The Government on Thursday put in place a more stringent pollution control regime for industrial areas. It came out with its revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which among others removes the distinction between residential and industrial areas by stipulating uniform air quality limits for both.
New Delhi: Saturday
With the meteorological department spelling partly cloudy and smoggy conditions in the city during the next few days, doctors caution those with underlined cardiac and pulmonary ailments from venturing out. Due to the prevailing weather, the emergency medicine department of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) saw an increase in the turnout of people with bronchial asthma.