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 …
Gold miners in the country have expressed concern on the improper disposal of mercury within the industry. Mercury is used in all gold mines in the country to sieve or attract 'gold dusts' from soil. However, some miners have expressed concern that after its use, mercury is improperly disposed of, …
The latest legal test of President Barack Obama's environmental agenda reaches the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices consider a challenge to a regulation intended to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants. The nine justices are due to hear a 90-minute …
Study Says 74Kg Mercury Released From 14.9M Lamps In Capital In 2014 A study has esti mated that 14.93 million com pact fluorescent lamps re leasing approximately 74.65kg of mercury were dis posed of unsafely in Delhi last year. The figure was ar rived at through extrapola tion from Delhi's …
NIIGATA – The Niigata District Court has ruled that neither the central government nor the Niigata Prefectural Government was responsible for the neurological disorders caused by mercury poisoning decades ago. Presiding Judge Yuko Otake on Monday also confirmed that seven of the 11 plaintiffs should be deemed as sufferers of …
Twenty-five years in the making, a new nationwide rule is set to take effect this spring that will sharply restrict coal and oil-fired power plants from releasing mercury, arsenic and other hazardous pollutants into the air and, eventually, into rivers and lakes. But the rule faces a final and formidable …
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration’s initiatives to reduce air pollution have fared well in several hard-fought legal battles, but a new round of court challenges could determine whether the White House’s most ambitious efforts will survive. The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear argument on the Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever regulations requiring …
Mercury pollution has risen nearly 50-fold in the feathers of a breed of Arctic bird over the past 130 years, say scientists. Analysis of museum specimens shows high mercury levels in the endangered ivory gull. It could have implications for the bird's ability to breed and raise chicks, says a …
More than two-thirds of the sewage generated in 118 towns, located along the Ganga river basin is discharged into the river untreated, says a report prepared by a team of experts. The towns collectively generate over 3,636 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage while the treatment capacity of the …
Tougher standards on emissions and a national clean air agreement could help reduce healthcare costs by billions of dollars The federal and state governments have agreed to work together to improve air quality standards and help Australia adapt to the effects of climate change. After a meeting on Thursday, environment …
Immune dysregulation associated with mercury has been suggested, though data in the general population are lacking. Chronic exposure to low levels of methylmercury (organic) and inorganic mercury is common, such as through fish consumption and dental amalgams. The objective of the study was to examine associations between mercury biomarkers and …
That's at least according to a study recently published in the journal Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, which paid particular attention to yellowish tuna caught in North Pacific commercial fisheries. "The take-home message is that mercury in tuna appears to be increasing in lock-step with data and model predictions for mercury …
The Vrishabhavathi river, a tributary of the Arkavathy river, is a stark example of river pollution. What would have been a grand source of pure drinking water to villages all along from Bengaluru to Ramanagaram has turned into a cesspool polluted by industrial, agricultural and domestic waste. The river isn’t …
For decades, villagers in a rural area of Guangxi have seen their rice saplings wilt shortly after planting and found soft bones a common ailment. According to court records and interviews, local residents strongly suspect that the source of the malaise in Sanhe village is cadmium poisoning. Since the mid-1950s, …
Environment campaigners are calling for curbs on mercury emissions from human cremations as part of pollution controls that EU authorities will debate this month. Increased cremation as shortage of land makes burial expensive has coincided with a rise in emissions of the toxic metal from fillings in teeth. An average …
More than 1,500 times the permitted level of heavy metal has been found in soil in China’s south-central Hunan province, according to an unofficial environmental study. Among the heavy metals found in the soil, the amount of cadmium was 200 times more than that permitted by China’s soil environmental quality …
Atmosphere, earth and water compose the environment. The presence of heavy metals in the environment has grown because of their large employment in some industrial and agricultural activities. Although these metals are terrestrial products, they flow into the sea through effluents and sewage or are directly discharged from industries placed …
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Obama administration went too far with new power-plant pollution caps the government estimates will cost almost $10 billion a year. The justices today said they will hear industry and state contentions that the Environmental Protection Agency didn’t adequately consider those costs …
Norway’s green and unspoilt image is at risk if government agrees to Nordic Mining dumping hundreds of millions of tonnes of waste into a fjord, say campaigners Norway’s image as one of the world’s cleanest, greenest countries with some of the finest unspoilt scenery will be tarnished if the government …
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 …
