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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Apple attacked over pollution in China
Ma Jun, director of one of the Chinese environmental groups that have attacked Apple's environmental record Chinese environmental groups have accused Apple suppliers in the country of systemic pollution,
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Pollution Is Not Above Board, Nor In Control
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy,
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Recovery of hazardous metals from e-wastes yet to shape up
The recovery system to extract hazardous metals from electronic wastes has to be improved in the State, according to R.Ramachandran, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).
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5 factories face action, HC asks govt to act as those are polluting water, air, farmland in Ashulia
The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately take steps against five readymade garment factories at Ashulia of Savar for polluting farmlands, water bodies and air of adjacent areas by
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Pollution Is Not Above Board, Nor In Control
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy,
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Radiation Discovered in Rice Near Tokyo
Japanese inspectors found the first case of radioactive contamination in rice, the national grain, on Friday, adding it to the list of foods harmed by the accident at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
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PPCB orders closure of pharma factory
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has ordered the closure of a pharmaceutical factory near Banur for violation of pollution control norms. According to board officials, M/s Surya Pharmaceutical
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Bangladesh Supreme Court Allows Ship Breaking To Continue
Bangladesh's Supreme Court agreed on Monday to allow ship breaking yards more time to meet tougher safety and environmental rules, allowing them to operate until at least mid-October. Judges backed
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A Tainted Water Well, and Concern There May Be More
For decades, oil and gas industry executives as well as regulators have maintained that a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that is used for most natural gas wells has never
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Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Is Smaller Than Feared
A recent mapping expedition by scientists has shown that a zone of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is above average but not as vast as many had anticipated, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration