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 …
New Delhi: Plastic salvaged from electronic waste is posing serious health and environmental hazards. Environmentalists have pointed out that toxic plastic is being recycled and toys and other household items made out of it, which is hazardous not only for those involved in the recycling work but also for the …
The government of India has banned the sale of gutkha and other chewing tobacco products across the country. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued new regulations on August 1, prohibiting the use of tobacco and nicotine in any edible product. Health experts and civil society groups …
The city’s ground water is not fit for consumption unless it is treated for both biological and chemical contamination. A ground water quality study conducted by the Central Ground Water Board in several parts of Hyderabad revealed that water tapped from the ground failed in a number of crucial parameters …
This study is an attempt to assess the extent of toxic metals, including Pb, Cd, Cr, Mn and As in groundwater and some cereals collected from Shibganj area of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The chemical results of groundwater show that the mean concentrations of Pb, Cd and Mn exceed the …
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. The results show that plots using wastewater containing …
Contamination of aquatic resources by a variety of heavy metals is of growing concern because of health risk posed by the exposure to flora and fauna as well as human being. The vast majority of toxic metals are the waste products/by products of industrial and metallurgical processes. Other possible sources …
KOCHI: Once Chinese nets and fishermen catching fish using this traditional gear was a common sight in Eloor situated on the banks of the River Periyar. Fishery resources from this region used to be a major means of income for thousands of families belonging to this area. However, effluent discharge …
As the number of vehicles in the city continues to see a sharp rise, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to gather accurate data on the quality of air that Mumbaikars breathe. While the civic body earlier depended on three mobile vans that monitored the air quality at three …
The groundwater is being poisoned and these toxic wastes are spreading to all parts of city There is a high amount of toxic chemicals, especially chromium compounds, in Ghaziabad's groundwater, the only source of drinking water in the township, an NGO claimed today and rejected the local pollution control office's …
103 Children found seriously affected in Zhejiang province Lead pollution from workshops in eastern China seriously poisoned 103 children and has affected hundreds of other residents in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The pollution from tinfoil-making workshops in Yangxunqiao …
A spiral wound membrane is a unique configuration that provides excellent structural integrity. The design is completely rigid, and no stress is placed on the membrane surface.
IT WAS in 2001 that scientists in the US first identified the capability of brake fern, or Pteris vittata, to absorb large quantities of arsenic present in the soil or water. Since then biologists across the world have been trying to explore more about the role plant plays in absorbing …
In a startling revelation, 12 brands of organic tea, tested by the Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS) in Ahmedabad, showed traces of heavy metals in them. The findings have been published by CERS in the March-April 2011 issue of its consumer magazine, Insight. Of the 12 brands, seven were …
Distillation, reverse osmosis can help purify water Water samples were found with undesirable levels of nitrate in Bangalore rural areas. Borewells in Bangalore Urban and Rural areas have shown the presence of high levels of nitrate, total hardness, pH and fluoride content, according to a recent study conducted by the …
Bioremediation is an invaluable tool box for wider application in the realm of environmental protection. Bioremediation approach is currently applied to contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediments including air. These technologies have become attractive alternatives to conventional cleanup technologies due to relatively low capital costs and their …
It was a deadly cocktail of poisonous heavy metals and dangerous coliform bacteria that was responsible for the Bholakpur tragedy that led to 16 deaths and hospitalisation of over 500 people in May, 2009. Residents consumed water containing coliform bacteria 24,000 times in excess of the permissible limit. The heavy …
BANANA peels may be notorious for causing slips in daily lives, but they can also prevent harmful chemicals from slipping into the body. Scientists from Brazil have found that the peel of the fruit can act as a filtration medium and pull heavy metals from water. Metals such as lead …
Water pollutant levels are only set to rise with India facing increasing nitrate contamination in its water supply. Nitrate content in drinking water increases cancer risk as these compounds have been found to be highly carcinogenic. Their huge increase in water levels has been caused by nitrate fertilisers being used …
Use of radiation-resistant micro-organisms have enabled scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to recover heavy metals like uranium and cadmium and radionuclides such as cobalt-60 from radioactive waste. The treatment of these waste by microbes (both natural as well as genetically engineered ones) offers less expensive, eco-friendly, `in situ' …
