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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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding removal of dolochar from village Kadamdih, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, 07/05/2014
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Village Kadamdih Through Umang Choudhary Vs. State of Jharkhand & Ors. dated 07/05/2014 regarding removal of dolochar from village
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Khattak announces compensation for toxic waste tragedy victims
Expressing deep concern over the tragic incident of release of toxic material in a drain in Dera Ismail Khan that claimed lives of nine innocent people, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak
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No space to treat toxic waste
Capital’s Desperate Search For Land To Build Facility Continues New Delhi: With no space to build a hazardous waste treatment plant, Delhi is going through a massive crisis. Its efforts to build a treatment
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Indian activist Ramesh Agrawal wins "green Nobel" for fight against coal mining
Environmental activist Ramesh Agrawal, who helped villagers stop a massive coal mining project, is among six people around the world to be awarded the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize, the organisation
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U.S. court revives oil companies' lawsuit over WWII site cleanup
A divided U.S. appeals court on Monday revived efforts by oil companies to force the federal government to reimburse them for the cost to clean up a southern California site where they had dumped toxic
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France must dig deep for a solution to the problem of buried toxic material
After laying inactive for 11 years, the Stocamine site will close, with some of the waste being conveyed back to the surface. In just 90 seconds, the pit lift-car drops 550 metres, to the sound of screeching
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Six Activists Win Goldman Environment Prize
Six environmental advocates from India, Peru, Russia and three other nations have won this year's Goldman Prize, which is awarded annually for grass-roots activism. India's Ramesh Agrawal received the
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Top award for toxic dump campaigner
An anti-toxic dump campaigner in South Africa has been recognised with a prestigious environmental award. Desmond D'Sa's efforts resulted in the closure of a chemicals dump in a residential area of
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Children grab toxic toys as e-waste chokes IT city
Unsafe Handling Exposes Workers To Fumes, Acids Bangalore: Not too far from the Sarjapur IT hub in East Bangalore, Nabi Hasan, 5, plays with a dysfunctional calculator, whose circuit board hangs by
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Pune Beware! The e-bomb is ticking...
A report by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India says that Pune is one of the major e-waste generator cities in India. With no proper disposing and recycling system in place, the hazardous