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 …
Team of scientists finds zinc, lead and mercury in river A group of scientists has found that the level of heavy metals such as zinc, lead and mercury is on the rise in river Hooghly due to the impact of climate change. The rise in presence of heavy metals in …
Probiotics if taken regularly have the potential to protect children and pregnant women against heavy metal poisoning, a new study says. Probiotics are the live microorganisms- the naturally occurring bacteria in the gut- that are known to provide health benefits. They are available in food sources like yogurt and other …
Activated carbon was prepared from Behda (BEAC), Anjan (AAC), Chinch (CAC), and Bakam Neem (BNAC) leaves. The effects of various parameters such as initial metal concentration, particle size, pH and contact time for the adsorption of Cu (II) on BEAC, AAC, CAC and BNAC were investigated. The amount of adsorbent …
The Yamuna river, is one of the most-polluted river in India. About 85 percent of the pollution is caused by domestic and industrial sources. The quality of the river is severely affected by the discharge of untreated domestic and industrial effluents.
Assessment of trace metals in ground water in industrial groundwater in and around Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India was carried out. Samples were collected from 60 bore wells for this study. The present study was made assessing the impacts of industrial activities on the ground water quality in and around Vijayawada …
Salt marsh areas are recognized as important natural sinks for metals. Bhal region one selected for this investigation can be classified as a 15 km wide coastal wetland comprising of marshy areas towards the Gulf and of either freshwater-salt marsh or freshwater bodies in landward margin of 10 km, which …
As China cracks down on environmental violations, authorities handed out punishment in 19,289 cases in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday. Violators were fined a total of 743.25 million yuan ($121 million), the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry's …
Providing further clarification on the recently published article in The Island of September 15,titled ‘Govt. restricts import of fertilizer containing heavy metals’, Indika Gunawardhana, Divisional Director, CIC Holdings PLC said, "CIC Holdings receives approval for all chemical pesticides distributed by the company, directly from the Registrar of Pesticides (ROP) and …
The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the status of pollution in Pali caused by textile industries, as Pali is an important industrial area of Rajasthan where a number of textile industries are active.
The government on the recommendation of the CKD Research Team will cut down on 24 per cent of the Rs. 20 billion annual imports of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) which contains heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, uranium, lead and arsenic. Sri Lanka has been importing 100,000 MT of TSP …
E-cigarettes can contain higher amounts of certain toxins than regular cigarettes, according to U.S. scientists. Researchers at the University of South California found vapour emitted by the gadgets contains the toxic element chromium, which is not found in traditional cigarettes, as well as four times more nickel than found in …
The researchers linked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Air Toxics tract-level data with the Nurses’ Health Study, a prospective cohort of female nurses. Over the course of 18 years of follow-up from 1990 through 2008, they identified 425 incident cases of PD. The researchers examined the association of risk …
Japan's government lobbied hard for a global pact that limits mercury use and to name the resulting treaty after Minamata, the site of a homegrown industrial disaster from the 1950s when the toxic metal poured into a river, poisoning thousands. But a year after the Minamata Convention on Mercury was …
Over 2,000 people living in older housing estates on the north side of Limerick city have been advised by the Health Service Executive (HSE) not to drink their water or use it for for preparing food, following the detection of elevated lead levels. Irish Water was aware of elevated levels …
Too few residents near the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon have had their lead levels tested L.A. County can't gauge effects of air pollution from Exide plant as too few people are undergoing testing Los Angeles County's attempt to test lead levels in the blood of people living near …
Industrial pollution, in varying forms ranging from lead acid battery recycling to landfill sites, has been affecting Delhi’s residents in adverse ways, as noted by a study of pollution hotspots by NGO Toxics Link. The most worrying aspect, the study notes, is the manner in which such pollutants seep into …
The amount of mercury near the surface of many of the world’s oceans has tripled as the result of our polluting activities, a new study has found, with potentially damaging implications for marine life as the result of the accumulation of the toxic metal. Mercury is accumulating in the surface …
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment conducted water quality test of three major rivers of Nepal by collecting samples in the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the ministry, the water quality test covered Koshi and its tributary Tamor in the east, Narayani and its tributary Trishuli in the …
A federal judge in Tennessee has approved a $27.8 million settlement from the Tennessee Valley Authority to more than 800 people affected by a 2008 accident that unleashed a wave of toxic coal sludge, plaintiffs' lawyers said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan on Monday signed off on the deal, …
KARACHI: The air of the city is polluted with high levels of lead and cadmium that pose a grave risk to public health, says a recent study that also points out that the average concentration of these trace metals found in residential areas of Karachi is higher than those found …
