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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Pollution: panchayat calls for closure of factory
Passes resolution in gram sabha meeting; submits petition to district administration A village panchayat in the district has called for the closure of a factory, which it accuses of polluting the environment
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HUDA notice to MCG for polluted discharge
The Haryana Urban Development Authority has blamed the MCG for the pollution of the Yamuna due to discharge of untreated sewage water via the Badshapur drain. The authority has sent a notice to the MCG
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Toxic’ waste kills fish in Surry, Beas
A large numbers of fish were reported dead in the Surry and Beas near the bordering village of Kiri Afghana on the Hoshiarpur-Gurdaspur border. Dead fish could be seen floating over water in large numbers.
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KEM report points to high toluene levels in Chembur-Mahul belt
Various symptoms exhibited by residents of Ambapada and Chereshwar in Chembur, including skin and eye irritation, breathlessness, choking sensation in the chest and frequent sneezing, match the listed
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Urban poverty, urban pollution and environmental management
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has published a new guide to the environmental impacts of urban areas authored by IIED's David Satterthwaite. The publication, entitled 'Urban poverty,
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Raj has no 'CURE' for e-waste problem
A group of youngsters are running an e-waste awareness drive in the city by visiting schools and holding street plays at major hangouts. They claimed that Rajasthan has not a single dumping yard for e-waste
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Toxic hospital waste dumped in open
Patna: BMW, this word brings out the picture of a high-end lurxury car. But today, this also means biomedical wastes, which can cost one's life. The wastes generated from hospitals like syringes, drug
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NGT Directs Delhi Authorities to Shut Factories Polluting Yamuna
The National Green Tribunal has directed anti-pollution authorities in Delhi to immediately shut down factories in the capital that continue to pollute the Yamuna river with toxic effluents. It has
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TNPCB ignored violations by tanneries
Questions have been raised about the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s virtual clean chit to the tanneries in a report last year after 10 workers died on Friday at a tannery in Ranipet in Vellore district;
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Millions of gallons of saltwater leak into North Dakota creek
Almost 3 million gallons of potentially toxic saltwater leaked from a western North Dakota pipeline into a creek that feeds the Missouri River, the largest spill of its kind in the state's history.