The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) has been investigating mercury-added skin lightening products (SLPs) for several years, primarily due to their health risks, their illegality under many national laws, and the prohibition by the Minamata Convention on Mercury against the manufacture and trade of mercury-added SLPs, which generally became effective …
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a federal regulation aimed at cutting air pollution from power plants will limit growth for Cabot Corp and Calgon Carbon Corp, which make activated carbon used to curb mercury emissions. An approval of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule was expected to …
We perform global-scale inverse modeling to constrain present-day atmospheric mercury emissions and relevant physiochemical parameters in the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model. We use Bayesian inversion methods combining simulations with GEOS-Chem and groundbased Hg0 observations from regional monitoring networks and individual sites in recent years. Original Source
Ex-workers affected due to mercury pollution by the Hindustan Unilever’s now-defunct thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, on Monday staged a protest at the company’s headquarters in Andheri, Mumbai, when the Annual General Meeting with shareholders was held. Supported by 30 volunteers from Mumbai, 11 families from Kodaikanal took part in the …
The US supreme court struck down new rules for America’s biggest air polluters on Monday, dealing a blow to the Obama administration’s efforts to set limits on the amount of mercury, arsenic and other toxins coal-fired power plants can spew into the air, lakes and rivers. The 5-4 decision was …
A new study has found high levels of toxic mercury in vegetation and sediment collected from the vicinity of a thermometer factory which was shut 14 years ago in the hill station of Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, an NGO claimed today. "Lichen samples contained 53 mg/kg of mercury, a moss …
The European Parliament voted last week to re-assess the use of cadmium in TV sets sold across Europe, saying safer alternatives to the toxic and carcinogenic substance were now widely available. Cadmium is widely used in illumination and display lighting applications such as LCD screens used in television sets or …
Anti-pollution rules may have uncertain effects. Scientists have found that air pollution regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may not be as effective as believed. In this latest study, the researchers analyzed the costs and expected lifesavings of nine regulations issued between 2011 and 2013. The bulk of …
Moving to tighten norms for emissions of major pollutants by coal-based power plants in the country, the environment ministry has proposed a fresh standard for old and new units seeking them to substantially cut down release of health-damaging particulate matter (PM). Since the impact of pollution from coal-based power generation …
Weak draft EU rules for coal plant emissions could result in 71,000 deaths and €52bn (£37bn) of health costs across Europe in the decade to come, according to new research published on Wednesday. A Greenpeace investigation earlier this year found that the coal standards would be more lax than those …
NEW DELHI: Moving to tighten norms for emissions of major pollutants by coal-based power plants in the country, the environment ministry has proposed a fresh standard for old and new units seeking them to substantially cut down release of health-damaging particulate matter (PM). Since the impact of pollution from coal-based …
Duke Energy, the nation’s largest utility corporation, pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act for the discharge of coal ash, a potentially toxic waste product, and for a failure to properly maintain equipment at a number of power plants in its home state of …
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has drafted new emission and water consumption standards for thermal power plants. In a draft notification soliciting comments from the public on the matter, it laid out the tighter norms that are expected to cut down emissions of particulate matter and other …
Expressing astonishment that there is "no binding regulation or infrastructure" for disposal of mercury, a parliamentary panel has recommended the government to take concrete steps to ensure safe and scientific disposal of CFLs. "The committee is astonished to note that even though short-term exposure to mercury affects nervous, digestive and …
SHANGHAI - China, Japan and the Republic of Korea have adopted an action plan on environmental cooperation for the 2015-2019 period. Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining and his counterparts from Japan and the Republic of Korea, Yoshio Mochizuki and Yoon Seong-kyu, endorsed the plan during a two-day trilateral …
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar informed Rajya Sabha that the issue of mercury releases from Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) is a concern for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. However, the Government does not have any authorised assessment of …
Khartoum — The Sudanese Ministry of Minerals announced a temporarily halt to issuing licenses to gold mining companies in the northern Sudanese Rive Nile state on Tuesday. A committee formed by the Minerals Ministry recommended a review of the environmental deterioration resulting from the toxic waste produced by traditional mining …
The innovation in science and technology coupled with the change in lifestyle of an individual has made an incredible change in the electronic industry show casing an assorted range of new products every day to the world. India too has been impacted by this digital revolution where consumption of electronics …
While most people trash broken light bulbs in routine garbage, a recent study by an environmental research organisation, Toxic Links, has revealed that a large amount of mercury from the bulbs is polluting the atmosphere. The study explains that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) have been widely accepted as an energy …
Supreme court weighing rules to limit polllution from US power stations but some states and industry bodies say regulations would hurt the economy As the supreme court appeared to be leaning towards forcing the government to count the cost to industry before implementing new laws to curb toxic emissions from …
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed closely divided over the fate of one of the Obama administration’s most ambitious environmental initiatives. Lawyers for industry groups and some 20 states told the justices that Environmental Protection Agency regulations that set limits on emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants …
