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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Cote d'Ivoire: Government Refuses to Investigate Commodities Giant Trafigura
In a startling admission, the UK authorities have informed Amnesty International that they do not have the tools, resources or expertise to investigate whether multinational commodities giant Trafigura
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Pollution board has no equipment
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) does not have equipment to monitor revised ambient air quality (NAAQ) norms notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in November 2009. This is
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Microscopic animals with 'wheels'
PUNE: In the waters of the Mula river resides a microscopic animal that usually lives independently, if the water becomes polluted, it swims across to its predator and clings on to it. Though the reason
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Silver-plating units accused of dumping waste into drains
Mathura: Local activists here accused small factories involved in silver-plating and manufacturing silver anklets of discharging untreated waste containing highly toxic chemicals, adding that the local
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Third party vigil on Carbide waste incineration trial-run
BHOPAL: Trial run to incinerate toxic waste from the defunct factory of Union Carbide at Bhopal will take place in the presence of a third party monitor. A directive in this regard has been issued by Union
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Seoul City speeds up U.S. base pollution probe
Seoul City has accelerated its probe into the suspected pollution of the U.S. military base in the capital as part of its efforts to seek the source of oil leaks, officials said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan
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Toxic effluents impacting fields, public health
DUGGIRALA (Guntur): As many as eight villages in Duggirala and Tenali mandals in Guntur district are bearing the brunt of toxic release from CCL Products (India) Ltd, a coffee exporting company operating
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Canada Says Hazardous Waste Issue With Philippines Being Solved: Philippines Law Maker Demands Return of Trash To Canada
Canada and the Philippines are reportedly close to a solution to the vexed issue of hazardous waste containers shipped to Philippines. There are about 50 container vans of household trash illegally shipped
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State forms panel to check toxic discharge into Yamuna
The Haryana government has constituted a committee and ordered it to come up with an action plan to check the discharge of toxic waste into the Yamuna via the Badshapur drain. The panel has been asked
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India, a victim of e-waste crime
Exporting e-waste to Asia worked out 10 times cheaper than processing it in within these countries." Much of the 40 million tonnes of electronic waste produced around the world — old smartphones, TVs,