The illegal trade in chemicals
<p>Chemicals provide important benefits to society and play a vital role in the global economy, but they also carry risks for the environment and human health, with greater risks to vulnerable social groups.
Toxic Wastes
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Tribunal seeks reply on Gurgaon landfill ‘polluting’ groundwater
Groundwater in south Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad risks contamination by decaying municipal waste being stashed at a landfill site in the Aravalli hill area of Gurgaon. A petition filed before the National
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Polluted by Pak tanneries, Sutlej poses health hazard
The tanneries in Kasur in Pakistan, where the world-famous handmade “Kasuri jutti” is made, is spreading pollution across the border in Punjab. The tanneries are dumping tonnes of hazardous chemicals into
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Locals blame pharma company toxic discharge for dead fish
AHMEDABAD: Dead fish floating in Matoda village panchayat lake triggered panic among locals. The panchayat had awarded the lake on contract for fish farming activity. In an application of complaint submitted
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Half of world's sea turtles have swallowed plastic or other rubbish: Australian researchers
SYDNEY, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Rubbish and debris entering into the marine environment is become a more high profile issue after Australian researchers found more than half of the world's sea turtles have
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Tepco dumps treated groundwater in Pacific to ease toxic water buildup at Fukushima No.
<p>Tepco on Monday discharged into the ocean filtered groundwater taken from wells around the damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in an effort to curb the buildup of toxic water.</p>
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Bhopal: First trial burning of toxic waste clears green test, claim officials
The trial incineration report, accessed by The Indian Express, shows that emission parameters were monitored during the five-day disposal process which started August 13 afternoon and ended early morning
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Eight held in Ahmedabad for dumping waste in manholes
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad district police on Sunday evening arrested eight persons for dumping suspected industrial waste into open manholes near Moraiya village of Ahmedabad district
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Toxic waste dumped in Danilimda manhole, one dead, three affected
AHMEDABAD: In yet another incident of illegal dumping of toxic waste in manholes, a woman died while three others were affected on Saturday in Danilimda. Earlier a similar incident in February at Ramol
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McArthur river pollution: Glencore yet to put up all warning signs a year after alert
Glencore has yet to finish erecting signs warning of contaminated river life near a Northern Territory mine more than a year after the miner and the state government became aware of elevated levels of
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Yakuza syndicate raided over illegal dumping of toxic waste
KOBE – Police raided the headquarters of Japan’s largest yakuza syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi on Tuesday after 14 workers at a waste disposal plant in Kobe, western Japan, became sick after treating waste from