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 board plans to streamline e-waste collection in state
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is going to form a committee to create an inventory of e-wastes following frequent failure to collect these wastes in the state. Two months ago, the OSPCB
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Toxic waste sites detrimental to health in India: Research
Toxic waste sites in India with elevated levels of lead and chromium are causing disease, disability and even death, leading to loss of healthy years of life among people, according to a new research.
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Harshest wetland protection rule
The Chinese capital implemented its strictest wetland-protection regulations on Wednesday, threatening violators with a top fine of 500,000 yuan ($81,000). Those who destroy wild plants and gather bird
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“Sukhdev Vihar incinerator turning air toxic”
Air samples taken from locations around the municipal waste incinerator in Sukhdev Vihar in South Delhi have revealed fine particulate pollution to be at life-threatening levels and the presence of toxic
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Metals recycling needs bigger role in product design: U.N
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports recommended on Wednesday.
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Chemicals eat up lush paddy fields
There was a time when the banks of Chitrapuzha near Irumpanam were blessed by the green and yielding paddy fields. However, thanks to the large-scale industrialisation in the area, the 60-acre paddy fields
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Protesters demand permanent closure of Sterlite plant
They say people of Tuticorin have been bearing brunt of emission Anti-Sterlite protesters staged a fast here on Monday demanding the permanent closure of Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin. Rev. Fr. Yvon
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Jammu’s groundwater high in toxicity, says research
After her path-breaking discovery of 14 new species of Chironomus or midge fly in 2009, local scholar Dr Pragya Khanna’s has come up with alarming research findings suggesting “poisoning” of Jammu region’s
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Supreme Court to Take Final Call on Hazardous Cargo in September
Nauseating fumes and sounds, emanating from hazardous cargo that started vitiating the exim milieu of Mumbai since chlorine gas leak off Mumbai Port in July 2010, refuse to die down, even after the matter
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Arkavathy needs a quick course correction
The river is now one big sewerage line; its catchment area once fed 1,775 lakes The Arkavathy River was once the lifeline of the region. But all that is left of it today are just fond memories. The river basin that used to boast of 1,775 lakes along its pathway, now has only a few hundreds surviving. Even during the rainy season, some of the lakes are not filled with water from the basin. The industries along the river stretch and sand mining activity have practically destroyed the river bed, residents claim.