Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
one would think that if lethal effects of a drug were proven, the pharmaceutical world would give it a quiet burial. Surprisingly, this does not hold true for thalidomide
an internationally binding treaty could save millions from dying of mercury pollution exposure. This was the track recently taken by Global Mercury Assess ment Working Group of the United Nations Environment Prog ramme (unep). Among other things, the group has urged unep member nations to strengthen cooperation on information sharing, …
A unique project to assess the impact of persistent toxic substances (pts) on human health and on the environment is underway across the globe. Conceptualised by the United Nations Environment Programme (unep), the project is titled
an ayurvedic detoxification procedure can reduce the body's pesticide and toxin levels by as much as 58 per cent, shows a study conducted by researchers from the Maharishi University of Management, usa. High levels of toxins can disrupt hormones and lead to cancer. During their study, the researchers tested and …
The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) was sponsored by research agencies within Europe, India and USA, and was mainly concerned with the haze over south Asia and the adjacent Indian Ocean. It excluded other equally or even more polluted areas in Asia. The Asian Brown Cloud is a follow on international …
long time exposure to benzene has always been considered detrimental to human health, but now researchers from the Kurukshetra University, Haryana, have found that even an occasional exposure to benzene of an hour a day is sufficient to bring about adverse changes in genetic material of humans. Benzene is a …
A group of scientists studying salinity levels in the aquifers of Haryana stumbled across a bigger problem. The team from the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (cssri) found arsenic in the groundwater of Gohana block in Sonepat district of Haryana. Worse still, the levels of the contaminant were well above …
ANTI-MCDONALD'S DAY . October 16, 2002 October 16, 2002 is UN World Food Day. It is also the 18th annual worldwide Anti-McDonald's Day. A day of protest against the promotion of junk food, the unethical targeting of children, exploitation of workers, animal cruelty, environment damage and the global domination of …
Frank Nestle of the University of Zurich in Switzerland and colleagues have found how euro coins are violating European Union's (EU)rules. It is commonly known that the coins release up to 320 times more amount of nickel than what is permitted by the eu nickel directive, which states legal limits …
lungs are immediately damaged when people are exposed to particulate matter, and after an hour of exposure even the heart function gets affected. These are the findings of a study carried out at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, usa. The researchers used rats to analyse the effects of particulate …
after treating it as a grey area for a decade, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (usepa) has finally declared in black and white that diesel exhaust is a "likely human carcinogen'. The usepa officially acknowledged this in the final version of its report,
The backwater islet of Kaavaalam has settled into an uneasy sleep. Some time past midnight they wake up to a much-awaited call: " Vellam vannoo, vellam vannoo
cabbage could well become the latest focus of the never-ending debate on the viability of genetic modification (gm), with a group of Indian scientists successfully developing a gm cabbage. The development might create a furore in the future, as the vegetable has been modified by inserting the gene of Bacillus …
During recent laboratory experiments, researchers have discovered that mice slathered with caffeine develop fewer skin tumours than untreated animals. This suggests that the chemical that adds zip to coffee also provides protection against skin cancer. The researchers from New Jersey-based Rutgers University found that a skin lotion spiked with caffeine …
The use of destructive fishing practices is wreaking havoc on aquatic resources in the Malakand river network in Pakistan. A survey conducted in Malakand and Swat districts revealed that 65 per cent of fishing in the region is done by dynamiting, and four per cent by using Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (ddt) and …
Inside the Beltway, the climate movement is comatose. During the Clinton-Gore years, while the us dragged its feet in international climate negotiations, the major national environmental groups allowed themselves to be used by the administration. Seduced by the former vice-president's rhetoric, the groups watched their issue disappear from the political …
See Score Card Raw material sourcing phase To rate the companies on the raw material sourcing phase, grp used the following indicators: the quality of input salt, transportation of salt, self-sourcing of water (water harvesting) and the use of renewable and clean fuels. The Indian caustic-chlorine industry has performed poorly …
Pondicherry-based Chemfab Alkalis Ltd (cal) has been rated as the greenest caustic-chlorine company in India. With an overall score of 46.7 per cent, it has been given the Three Leaves Award. Set up in 1985 by Krishnamurthy Rao, a technical expert, cal set the trend by going in for membrane …
Although there has been a belated shift from the polluting mercury cell technology to the membrane cells, mercury pollution in India is still very high. India does not produce mercury and relies completely on imports. Between 1998-2001, the annual mercury imports stood at 170-190 tonnes, which is 10 per cent …
