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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NGOs oppose review panels suggestions
Several NGOs working for the cause of the Bhopal gas victims on Wednesday called for immediate scrapping of the recommendations of the Peer Review Committee set up for remediation of toxic contamination in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in the state capital and demanded reconstitution of this committee to ensure that there were no members in this panel with conflict of interests.
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South Korea Probes Second Report Of U.S. Army Chemical Dumping
South Korea opened a second investigation in days into a report that the U.S. military dumped toxic chemicals near the capital decades ago, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday, threatening to trigger an anti-American backlash. Experts have been sent to the former U.S. base in Bucheon, west of Seoul, to check out the claims after South Korean media reported that a U.S.
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No Esc from out of Ctrl e-waste
That old computer stashed away in a corner of your home and a battery exceeding its expiry date lying around casually seem harmless enough, but this e-waste, as it is called, generated in every household and office, is in fact a source of contamination.
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PSUs in dock for toxic river
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) today slapped cases against three coal washeries belonging to BCCL and SAIL for ignoring earlier notices and continuing to discharge effluents in the Damodar river. The cases were filed against deputy general manager of Chasnala coal washery of Steel Authority of India Limited and project officers of Sudamdih Coal washery and Madhuban Coal Washery
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Residents ask Ramesh to scrap project
Residents of several colonies in Okhla on Thursday marched to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to protest against the construction of a toxic waste-to-energy incinerator by Jindal Ecopolis in the thickly-populated area in south Delhi. The residents presented a memorandum to environment minister Jairam Ramesh demanding the project be scrapped.
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Plastics leach toxic substances
In studies conducted at the University of Gothenburg, a third of the tested plastic products released toxic substances, including 5 out of 13 products intended for children.
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SC bans sale and use of toxic pesticide endosulfan
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday banned manufacture, sale and use of toxic pesticide endosulfan in the country. The apex court said the ban would remain effective for 8 weeks during which an expert committee headed by DG, ICMR, will give an interim report to the court about the harmful effect of the widely used pesticide.
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Kala Sanghia: Potato growers announce support to Seechewal
The Jalandhar Potato Growers Association announced its support to the people of the villages located on both sides of Kala Sanghia drain who have pledged to block the drain under the leadership of environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal on May 18. After the failure of the official machinery, a large number of people from the villages along the Kala Sanghia drain, religious leaders and vill
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Stir over pollution by untreated effluents
ERODE: More than 100 residents staged a demonstration in front of a private textile processing unit in Sipcot premises in Perundurai in Erode district on Thursday protesting against the discharge of untreated effluents into open space. People claimed that the