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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Orica applies to ship stockpile of toxic waste to France for incineration
The Australian chemicals company Orica said on Tuesday it had applied to ship a vast stockpile of toxic waste to France to end a long-running saga over how to dispose of it. The company has 15,000 tonnes
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New Mexico orders nuclear waste dump to hasten safety measures
A nuclear waste repository in New Mexico was ordered by the state on Tuesday to craft a plan to hasten the sealing off of underground vaults where drums of toxic, plutonium-tainted refuse from Los Alamos
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TV recycling a hazard for city
Lead Content In CRT Sets Putting Waste Handlers At Risk As LCDs and LEDs are fast replacing the old-fashioned cathode ray tube monitors, the capital is faced with a huge health risk. Both the informal
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PHC seeks report on deaths from toxic effluent
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary, three administrative secretaries and a senior police official to produce a detailed report on the death of 10 people
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DPCC to serve notice on polluting units
LG forms panel to check pollution in city Amid heightened concerns over Delhi being categorised as the most polluted city in the world by the WHO, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today directed the
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खतरनाक ई-वेस्ट का डंपिंग ग्राउंड बनी दिल्ली
पश्चिमी देश जहरीला इलेक्ट्रॉनिक कचरा हिन्दुस्तान में डंप कर रहे हैं। टीवी और कंप्यूटर मॉनिटर्स से निकलने वाली कैथोर रे ट्यूब (सीआरटी) बड़ी मात्रा में इंडिया में खपाई जा रही है। अमेरिका, ब्रिटेन, जर्मनी,
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Rs 20,000 crore spent in 28 years, Ganga still a flowing mess
"Ma Ganga aur Benares se mera rishta purana hai," BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said, pledging his intent to restore the Ganga to its original glory while campaigning in Varanasi. Plans
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Kitty litter eyed as possible culprit in New Mexico radiation leak
Kitty litter used to absorb liquid in radioactive debris may have triggered a chemical reaction that caused a radiation leak at a below-ground U.S. nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico, a state environmental
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Govt to set up 11 more centres to recycle e-waste
In order to deal with the increasing risk of health hazards posed by electronic waste (e-waste) generated everyday in the city, the Delhi government has decided to set up 11 new centres for the disposal
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Dan River Coal Ash Problems Not Over, Experts Say
More than three months after regulators were told that a coal ash containment pond in North Carolina had failed and was dumping toxic sludge into the nearby Dan River, environmental experts are taking