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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Effects of Climate Change can Complicate the Politics of Military Bases, Study Finds
Greenland’s vast ice sheet has long been home to Project Iceworm, an abandoned Cold War-era U.S. Army initiative designed to deploy ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads against the Soviet Union. When
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Nigeria: Toxic Towns- Testing Toxicity in Kaduna Villages
(KRPC), 16km away from Kaduna, capital of Kaduna State in North-west Nigeria. It is a sparsely populated multilingual community. Juji Barde village, too, is situated behind the company not far from Rido.
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PGI’s 19-yr-old incinerator fails to process biomedical waste of GMCH
Chandigarh: The incinerator at the PGIMER had long outlived its lifespan of 10 years. The 19-year-old incinerator therefore keeps conking out thereby piling up the biomedical waste. In the absence of an
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Britain flouting duty to protect citizens from toxic air pollution – UN
The UK government is “flouting” its duty to protect the lives and health of its citizens from illegal and dangerous levels of air pollution, according to the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights related
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NGT directs AIIMS panel to submit Tughlaqabad gas leak report
This is the second time that the AIIMS panel has failed to submit its report despite direction from the NGT. An AIIMS panel, formed by the Centre after a chemical spill at the Tughlaqabad depot here,
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Toxic roads: unearthing hazardous waste dumping
The research finds a correlation to the higher incidence of infant mortality when mothers and babies live within five kilometers of the roads, likely because of exposure to toxic materials used, transported
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Sewage and filth leaves Upper Lake gasping
Bhopal:Upper Lake considered to be the lifeline of the state capital is dying a slow death. A large part of the city's sewage, chemical and toxic waste finds its way into the millennia old water body,
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Gambian wildlife reserve facing depletion, Chinese company blamed
Gambia’s first Community Wildlife Reserve in the village of Gunjur, 35 kilometers from Banjul is facing depletion as its stream has turned red and wildlife found dead. Villagers from the community were
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South Africa: Industrial pollution blamed for rise in diseases
People living along the coast in the South African city of Durban have long complained about the effects of toxic industrial pollution. But they are now stepping up their criticism, accusing oil and
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Contaminated liquid makes it way to Joburg site
Durban - About 650 truckloads of contaminated liquid from the Shongweni landfill is being moved to another site, probably in Joburg, as it was part of the cause of the noxious smell in the Upper Highway