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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Toxic smoke from burning garbage puts Bhanpur people at risk
The people living nearby the landfill site at Bhanpur in the city are continuously facing problem due to the toxic smoke emanating from the burning garbage every day. The residents of the area are waiting for the shifting of dumping site, which will take place when new site would be constructed in Adampur Chhawni. Bhopal Municipal Corporation has appointed consultants for the project.
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Sacks of plastic in green zone
The Shibpur botanical garden authorities have found enough plastic waste on the premises
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Ghaziabad water highly toxic, claims NGO
The groundwater is being poisoned and these toxic wastes are spreading to all parts of city There is a high amount of toxic chemicals, especially chromium compounds, in Ghaziabad's groundwater, the only source of drinking water in the township, an NGO claimed today and rejected the local pollution control office's assertion that remedial measures were under way. Industrial effluents are bein
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Hundreds poisoned by toxic lead in China
103 Children found seriously affected in Zhejiang province Lead pollution from workshops in eastern China seriously poisoned 103 children and has affected hundreds of other residents in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The pollution from tinfoil-making workshops in Yangxunqiao town in Zhejiang province left the child
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India gets first e-waste management rules
Putting the onus of re-cycling of electronic wastes (e-waste) on the producers, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has for the first time notified e-waste management rules. The e-waste (management and handling) Rules, 2011 would recognise the producers
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Vedanta's Odisha unit poses health risk: Amnesty International
Bhubaneswar: The international rights group Amnesty International on Thursday said that the red mud pond, containing toxic residue, at Vedanta's aluminium refinery in Odisha poses serious health risks to local people, a contention denied by the mining major. However, refuting Amnesty
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No toxic-laden ship headed to Gujarat
The Gujarat government has told the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests that no toxic-laden ship headed to the State's shores for dismantling. Union Minister of State Jairam Ramesh had sought a
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Bathinda faces toxic water threat
Factory effluents, sewage find their way into cultivated fields SP Sharma Tribune News Service The Lasara drain carrying toxic water to Bathinda The Lasara drain carrying toxic water to Bathinda.
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Bhopal gas victims outfits oppose plant demolition
Bhopal gas victims
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Union Carbides toxic wastes can be burnt at Defence Research Laboratory
<p>Tons of toxic wastes strewn in and around Union Carbide factory ever since the happening of industrial disaster can be disposed of by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). It is believed that the Organisation can easily destroy the waste materials without posing any threat to environment.