Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
NEW DELHI: India has imposed a three-month ban on import of dairy products from China following reports that its children have died after consuming toxic milk products.
DH News Service, Bangalore: The need to bring about a legislation to manage e-waste was emphasised by speakers at a national workshop on environmentally sound management of e-waste, organised in the City, on Thursday. Ashok Kumar Manoli, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology and Bio-Technology, called for the formulation of …
Ananth Krishnan SHANGHAI: American and EU trade officials on Wednesday called for tighter safety regulations for Chinese products in the wake of the contaminated milk scandal that sickened more than 53,000 babies in China. Officials from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and EU, this week, launched a product …
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday formed a human chain in front of the Chittagong Press Club opposing the beaching of a toxic ship at a Chittagong ship-breaking yard. Speakers at the human chain urged the authorities concerned not to allow the beaching of MT Enterprise blacklisted by Greenpeace for …
Hong Kong/Beijing, Countries across Asia slapped bans on Chinese dairy products Tuesday as worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups amid a widening health scare over tainted Chinese milk. From Japan to Thailand, reports spread of cookies, ice cream and even meat buns that might contain contaminated …
SINGAPORE: banned all dairy imports from China on Friday and the European Union demanded answers from Beijing as the baby formula scandal that has left thousands of infants ill across China spread to liquid milk. A government food quality watchdog in China said nearly 10% of milk and drinking yoghurt …
Leslie D`monte / Mumbai September 20, 2008, 0:32 IST Used electronic items such as monitors, computers and mobile phones from the US end up in countries like India and China, where disposal practices are unsafe to workers and dangerous to the environment. A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report …
CHENNAI: Najma A. Heptulla, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Sub-ordinate Legislation (Rajya Sabha) and Member of Parliament, has demanded a ban on dumping of all kinds of waste, especially e-waste and biomedical waste.
Beijing, Around 6,244 infants have fallen ill and three others have died in China after consuming milk contaminated by melamine, the state media said here on Wednesday. While many had now recovered, 1,327 still remained in hospital, of whom 158 were suffering from acute kidney failure, the Xinhua news agency …
Bloomberg / Shanghai September 18, 2008, 5:59 IST Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Starbucks Corp and other food retailers in China scrambled today to assuage growing safety concerns fueled by widened recalls of tainted milk powder and the discovery of toxins in dairy products. The world
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, September 17 A major study links a chemical widely used in plastic products, including baby bottles, to health problems in humans like heart disease and diabetes, but US regulators said on Tuesday they still believe it is safe. The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, is commonly used in …
Potential new concerns about the safety of bisphenol, a widely used chemical Several States are considering restricting BPA use No strong evidence of health hazards: government experts CHICAGO: The first major study of health effects in people from a chemical used in plastic baby bottles, food cans and a host …
DH News Service, Bangalore: In the latest Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, Nokia bounced back to the first position in the ninth international edition as well as topped the fourth Indian edition amongst the MNCs here. Which are the brands close to going green? Do they have in place a …
Saibal Dasgupta | TNN Beijing: The Chinese government finally claimed some success in tackling the scandal concerning contaminated baby foods that has resulted in the death of another infant, taking the toll to two, and caused severe sickness in at least 600 others. On Monday, it announced the arrest of …
Around 15 dead fish were found floating in the Sukhna waters on Monday morning, causing concern about the safety of aquatic life in the lake. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the fish could have died because of deposition of sand in their gills. The dead fish were removed and their …
Consumption of soap in the country will significantly increase during the coming weeks since water has become hard owing to large-scale immersion of idols in the water bodies which will hamper the formation of lather with soap. This problem is endemic in nature as the festivals are being celebrated all …
