Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Nations have begun signing a legally binding treaty designed to curb mercury pollution and the use of the toxic metal in products around the globe. Mercury can produce a range of adverse human health effects, including permanent damage to the nervous system. The UN treaty was formally adopted at a …
Heavy metals leaching out from former mine workings in Cumbria are being removed as part of a £1m pilot project. Newcastle University said the scheme being tested at the disused Force Crag mine, west of Keswick, was the first of its size in the UK. Three tonnes of zinc, cadmium …
Researchers have found a high level of radioactivity in the soil, vegetables and drinking water extracted from permanent deposits of heavy minerals in areas around Cox’s Bazar. The level of radium, thorium and uranium found in the food chain in the area pose potential health risks to the surrounding inhabitants, …
The state-run Soil Resources Development Institute has found some 40 per cent of both locally produced and imported fertilisers adulterated. Laboratory tests by SRDI also found that the adulteration levels in fertilisers, including urea, DAP, SSP, SOP and boron, increased compared with the levels last year. SRDI officials on Tuesday …
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations or 1.09 crore people get water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with …
There has been a decline in the water levels in eight districts of Delhi, according to findings of a pre-monsoon monitoring carried out by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). The fall has been as high as 62 per cent in some districts. But at the same time, the water …
A recent study has shown high levels of lead in fish samples collected from different parts of the city. Lead exposure, according to experts, can damage the nervous system and cause brain disorders at a certain contact degree. The research titled Determination of heavy metals pollution in 10 fish species …
The largest and most sacred rivers of India are highly polluted while the quality of Godavari waters is excellent, states a study conducted by researchers of Andhra University. Tested for eight water parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, total hardness, calcium and magnesium, …
The government has taken a move to conduct a study to determine the presence of toxic heavy metals including cadmium and arsenic in rice, officials said. The Soil Resource Development Institute under the ministry of agriculture has been mandated to conduct the study in the wake of a report that …
The present study was carried out to assess contamination of five heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Pb and Zn) in five different types of green leafy vegetables viz., mustard (Brassica campestris), garden crees (Lepidium sativum), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), coriander (Coriandrum sativum), and spinach (Spinacea oleracea) collected from different market sites …
The process of burning solid waste to convert it to energy at a recycling plant in South Delhi has made the air near the unit 25 times more polluted than the permissible limit, a surprise check of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant has revealed. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked Central …
To ensure safety of Okhla residents living near a waste-to-energy plant that incinerates waste for fuel, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered government officials to check whether the plant's emissions contain heavy metals. "The Okhla waste-to-energy plant should also be properly segregating all municipal waste before it hits the …
The researchers measured lead and eight other metals in a convenience sample of 32 lip products used by young Asian women in Oakland, California, USA, and assessed potential health risks related to estimated intakes of these metals. Original Source
Residents of over 40 villages in Valtoha and Bhikhiwind blocks of the district are forced to fetch water from hand pumps installed outside their villages as groundwater in this area has been rendered unfit for use. Long queues of adults and children with buckets in their hands can be seen …
Bangalore University’s Department of Environmental Science has claimed that it has developed a “green” method to clean up nearly 90 per cent of all pollutants in the City’s lakes. Scientists at the department explained that their project, titled the ‘Green and eco-friendly technology for treating waste water entering into wet …
Lakes sediments consists of biological and non biological matter accumulated since from formation of the lake. Sediment sequence in lake represents information about the activities within the lake and in its catchment area over a period of time since its inception. Hussain Sagar Lake located in the heart of Twin …
In 2009, a government survey had counted 7,738 people living with cancer across Punjab. Now that a fresh survey has counted 23,874, over three times as high, the government has acknowledged the need to identify the causes and tackle what is clearly a menace. "Fresh studies will have to be …
Utilisation of Municipal Solid Waste is important to curb the ever rising demand of scarce land for its disposal. Changing life style patterns, particularly in urban areas, has led to increase in generation of MSW. Municipal solid waste from Indian cities estimated to have 40% - 60% organic matter, which …
Money for improving quality of drinking water in rural areas The governments of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and some other states have drawn the ire of the Centre for failing to report the utilisation of funds provided to them for improving quality of drinking water in …
Delegations from some 140 countries agreed on Saturday to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use and emission of health-hazardous mercury, the U.N. said, though environmental activists lamented it did not go far enough. The world’s first legally binding treaty on mercury, reached after a week of thorny talks, will …
