The illegal trade in chemicals
<p>Chemicals provide important benefits to society and play a vital role in the global economy, but they also carry risks for the environment and human health, with greater risks to vulnerable social groups.
Toxic Wastes
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Drive against polluting units in Erode continues
Over 30 unapproved textile processing units demolished Continuing the drive against polluting industrial units, the district administration had demolished a little over 30 unapproved textile processing
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NEERI inaugurates POP centre in Nagpur
With a view to effectively deal with the menace of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in India and 10 neighbouring countries, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) formally
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India refuses binding cuts on mercury pollution
Fighting pressure from rich countries like the US, India has refused to adopt a legally binding target to wipe out mercury from the country, and has agreed to prepare by 2013 a voluntary roadmap to reduce
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Gujarat is hazardous waste capital: Study
AHMEDABAD: The data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) show that Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh contribute to around 80 per cent of hazardous waste including heavy metals in the country.
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E-Waste Dump in Africa Contaminating Community
Electronic waste, or "e-waste", is a major problem of the information age. As consumers continually upgrade their electronic devices, the old devices are discarded and usually end up in a toxic e-waste
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Kakinada locals worried over pollution from edible oil refineries
A number of edible oil refineries have been established in the vicinity of Kakinada port during the past decade, generating employment in the port town and stimulating economic growth, but there are complaints
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Make environment a poll plank, say experts
Chandigarh: “Environment should be an agenda for Punjab’s upcoming assembly elections and both the parties should make a commitment to save natural resources and environment of Punjab”, said Umendra Dutt,
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Fukushima Towns Struggle To Store Radioactive Waste
Japanese officials in towns around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant reacted guardedly to plans announced on Saturday to build facilities to store radioactive waste from the clean-up around the plant
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A trail of infection. From hospital to junkyard
MINISTER OF State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan could land in a soup in the Lok Sabha for breach of privilege, for no fault of hers. On 29 August, in a written reply on the status of bio-medical
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The day after, Diwali remnants everywhere
CUTTACK: City-dwellers woke up to roads littered with remnants of crackers and pungent air with harmful chemicals on Thursday, the morning after Diwali, with civic body authorities admitting to around