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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Nightmare in Europe
The Danube river system will take several years to rid itself of the cyanide
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Talking in riddles
A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot free
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Toxic houses
a study conducted by uk -based ici (Imperial Chemical Industries) on the long-term effects of dumping chemicals in quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire, uk has turned up some
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City of waste
The ancient capital of India is unable to handle its garbage
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Tokyo
Tonnes of garbage
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Dealing with waste
On the 10th anniversary of the Basel Convention, member states reiterate the need to minimise the generation of hazardous waste
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GREEN WARRIOR
When K A Rahman succumbed to cancer on January 18, the river Chaliyar was orphaned and north Kerala villages lost its valiant sentinel. For Rahman had left the country's longest environmental
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Talks on toxins
russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( cis ) are working with the United Nations Environment Programme ( unep ) to dispose of toxic wastes in an
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Death of a computer
There is an urgent need to develop a technology to recycle old computers
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Deadly aftermath
according to a report compiled by the United Nations ( un), toxic waste emitted from industrial facilities hit by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato ) air strikes on Yugoslavia