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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A cadmium lining
Growing mounds of electronic scrap can mean profits or scandals. Poor countries have long been a popular destination for the rich world’s toxic trash. In 1987 an Italian importer sparked international
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Call to set up committee on Keenjhar pollution
Taking notice of increasing contamination of water in the Keenjhar lake by the release of toxic waste via Kalri-Baghar (KB) feeder, the district administration of Thatta requested the Sindh government
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Study detects presence of harmful chemicals in BBN area
Harmful chemicals like lead, arsenic, poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organic carbon and elemental carbon, besides an alarming level of particulate matter (PM) of 2.5 and 10 aerodynamic diameter, have been detected in the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) in a latest study conducted by IIT Kanpur. These findings have been highlighted in a preliminary study on “Environment Pollution Sources and their Apportionment to Ambient Environment”, a copy of which is available with The Tribune.
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Police still clueless without GPCB report
Assistant commissioner of police, Rajesh Pathak said: “The nature of the gas is still a mystery. We have asked Gujarat Pollution Control Board to submit their report at the earliest but there is no intimation from the agency yet. GPCB collected samples from the drain in Narol. We have begun hunting for chemical factories which may have dumped effluents illegally, causing the gas emission from the sewer. Without this GPCB report, we cannot proceed against people responsible for this.” “The preliminary postmortem report says that the victims died of suffocation caused by gas. The gas was heavier than air and affected those sleeping on the floor.
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Hi-tech disposal plan for hospitals
BHUBANESWAR: Hospitals generating large amount of biomedical wastes would soon be able to dispose them of without emitting toxic chemicals. Non-burn technology in the state's selected hospitals, would soon replace the old practice of burning biomedical waste in an incinerator, which emit toxic chemicals. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board will recommend a non-burn technology as part of the state government's special project, which was launched by forest and environment minister Bijayshree Routray here on Friday. The project will ensure scientific and hi-tech disposal of bio-medical wastes.
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Factory smoke clouds China pollution pledges
Clouds of smoke billow from the chimneys at a Chinese chemical plant rumbling with activity, more than a year after authorities closed it following protests by thousands of people. The factory in Dalian
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Villagers up in arms against paper mill
People living in peripheral villages of Sewa Paper Mill, Gangapur, have threatened to lock the mill as the unit is releasing toxic water into their areas. "Farmlands have been damaged by the toxic water
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KB feeder contamination ‘Chemicals causing mass fish deaths’
An abrupt release of toxic chemicals into the Kalri Baghar (KB) feeder through its link canal has resulted in mass deaths of fish and other wetland species in Thatta district, sources told Dawn here on
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Untreated effluents in canal adding to farmers’ woes
Many industrial units functioning near Kalingarayan Canal Farmers in the Kalingarayan ayacut areas in the district are now forced to use water from Kalingarayan Canal that is mixed with untreated effluents and waste water discharged by textile processing and tannery units. The Public Works Department stopped on December 20 the discharge of water in the canal that feeds the ayacut. But the 56-and-a-half mile long irrigation canal connecting River Bhavani with River Noyyal still carries water. “The canal should be dry by this time. But there is still good flow in the canal because the industrial units are dumping thousands of gallons of untreated effluents and waste water every day,” alleges Kalingarayan Pasana Sabhai president V.M. Velayudham.
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Italy lower house approves plan to save ILVA
Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant going during a two-year clean-up to resolve environmental concerns. The Chamber of Deputies