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 …
Several aquatic macrophytes were evaluated for their metal accumulation potentials from sewage water of four sites of Ayodhya and Faizabad under laboratory conditions.
Certain plants absorb pollutants from wastewater for their metabolism. A team from the National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow, planned a plant-based project to clean the Ganga. U N Rai, environment scientist who heads the team, speaks to Savvy Soumya Misra On how the project began With the help of …
A study carried out by the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) has reported heavy metal pollution in Vembanad Lake and the rivers emptying into it. The Vembanad wetland system is straddles Alappuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam districts. It lies at sea level, and is separated from the Arabian Sea by …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 02, 2009, 0:31 IST In a move to ease the supply of secondary non-ferrous metals, the government has revoked the month-long ban on scrap imports. The decision will help in clearing about 1,000 containers clogging ports without any customs official
Modern houses are suffused with harmful chemicals. One of them is lead, present in paints. It is banned in several countries but not in India. The Centre for Science and Environment tested popular paints in India for lead content. It found 72 per cent of the samples had lead much …
This review aims to summarize the existing knowledge on the environmental and occupational health risks of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling and other end-of-life options. Hazardous substances present in WEEE, including heavy metals (e.g., mercury, cadmium, lead, etc.), flame retardants (e.g., pentabromophenol, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA), …
The study aims at the assessment of drinking water quality in terms of some metal cations in and around Rangia town at different distances from the Rangia college. The results obtained were compared with drinking water standards (WHO, 2004 and BIS). Analysis of results showed high content of some metal …
Studies on physico-chemical parameters of underground mine water, OCP direct discharge water and sump water of Urimari, Sayal 'D' Block, Khas Karanpura area and Bhurkunda area of South Karanpura Coalfield of Central Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited were carried out in 2004-05 and 2005-06 in all the …
The surroundings are horribly unnerving even for a species dismissively called 'lesser flamingo': a five-acre mudflat surrounded by a crumbling old port, a ship breaking yard, two oil refineries, a fertilizer plant, and a sprawling slum. But this is where the glorious birds take their six-month sojourn every year starting …
The present study consist the absorption, accumulation and partitioning of eight metals in order to find out the phytoremediation potential of the mangrove species Rhizophora mucronata (Lam.) in Alibag, Maharashtra, India. The concentrations of Cu, Cd, Ni, Mn, Cr, Zn, Fe and Pb in the sediments of the mangrove area …
This study has been undertaken to assess the impact of effluents released by the APOL (Assam Polyester Co-operative Society Limited), textile mill Rangia in the district of Kamrup, Assam on the quality of drinking water in the neighbouring areas. The effluent of the mill is discharged into the agricultural land …
Material flows of the economic cycle can contain toxic substances, which enter the economy as impurities in raw materials or are intentionally added as minor or even main constituents during the manufacture of industrial or consumer goods. Cadmium, predominantly associated with zinc minerals, is a by-product of the primary zinc …
The hookah, a waterpipe, originated in India and became popular for smoking tobacco. It spread elsewhere and acquired other names like nargile, shisha, goza and hubble-bubble, before its popularity declined in India. A resurgence of hookah smoking is occurring in India and around the world, and is being promoted as …
MUMBAI: The seven-year-old hippopotamus that died at the Byculla zoo last week may have consumed heavy metals either through water or fodder over a long period of time. Following this alarming finding, doctors at the Bombay Veterinary College (BVC) on Tuesday swung into action to conduct separate pathological tests of …
In geochemical studies of water it is a general practice to filter the water samples through a 0.45 ?m membrane. Filtered samples are then acidified with a mineral acid (mostly nitric acid) to a pH < 2, to stabilize various cations. It was observed that if this procedure is not …
Chandigarh: Punjab government ordered a probe into the abnormalities among children in a pocket of Faridkot due to alarming levels of uranium on Thursday. The move comes after TOI
