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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‘Battle of tarpaulins’ worries environmental watchdog
Toxic watchdog and environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has expressed concern over the mushrooming of political posters and tarpaulins all over the country which it said is adding to the nation’s garbage
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New molecule can help reverse mercury poisoning
Researchers have discovered a compound that can reverse environmental mercury (a heavy metal) poisoning by converting it from a highly toxic, volatile and soluble organic form (as a pollutant) into a comparatively
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Experts collect water, soil samples
BHUBANESWAR: A day after carcasses of 18 peacocks were found at Madhupur village under Khurda forest range, a team, comprising veterinary surgeons and forest officials, on Wednesday visited the spot to
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No clarity on disposal of Carbide’s toxic waste
BHOPAL: Thirty-one-years on, after the world's worst industrial disaster killed hundreds and maimed thousands, decision on disposal of some 330 MT of toxic waste awaits a green signal from the Supreme
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Living dead
Three decades after the Bhopal gas lead killed a few thousand people overnight, the struggle continues for its survivors. A number of issues concerning the survivors of the disaster, termed the biggest
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NGOs slam govt for not resolving vexed issues of gas tragedy
NGOs working for the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today slammed the central government for its failure to take up the UN-aided assessment of current toxic contamination at and around the abandoned
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environment friendly disposal of CFL and recovery of mercury, 01/12/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Toxics Link Vs. Union of India & Others dated 01/12/2015 regarding environment friendly disposal of CFL and recovery of mercury.</p>
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Mud from Brazil dam burst is toxic, U.N. says
Mud from a dam that burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil earlier this month, killing 12 people and polluting an important river, is toxic, the United Nations' human rights agency said on Wednesday. The
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Illegal auto workshops in Gagan Vihar told to pack up
TThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday empowered the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to shut down unauthorised auto workshops on Gagan Vihar road and challan any vehicles parked there.
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Centre gets three more weeks to declare cigarette butts ‘toxic waste’
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday granted the Centre three more weeks to formulate a reply regarding its stand on declaring cigarette and bidi butts “toxic waste”. The Union Ministry of Environment