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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Bhopal gas disaster has nothing to do with pollution at plant site: NEERI
The contamination of soil and groundwater at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal has nothing to do with the 1984 gas leak disaster, according to a study released on Thursday by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. Instead, the toxic wastes were dumped over a much longer period between 1969 and 1984.
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Incentives provided to use lead-free colours in Durga Puja decorations
KOLKATA, 7 JULY: Use of lead-free colours by Durga puja organisers will be a criterion for the award of
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Oversight committee set up to monitor Bhopal clean-up
NEW DELHI: The government has set up an oversight committee to coordinate and monitor the clean-up of the Bhopal gas leak disaster site, even as three scientific bodies submitted their final reports and recommendations on the environmental damage and the remediation process.
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Govt forms panel to clean up Bhopal
Oversight Committee To Monitor Waste Disposal Activities At Union Carbide Factory
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The Bhopal challenge
Critical issues concerning environment and liability in the gas tragedy have evaded a solution Why was there so much public and media outrage over the Bhopal disaster
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Geophysical Investigations to Assess Industrial Waste Dumped at UCIL, Bhopal
Report on the geophysical investigations by NGRI to assess industrial waste dumped at UCIL, Bhopal.
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No toxic waste for disposal: Ramky
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd - the company which carried out disposal of 33.32 tonne of lime from the now-closed plant of the Union Carbide Corporation India Ltd (UCIL) in Bhopal where a gas leak killed thousands in December 1984 - today denied that it currently has any toxic waste lying for disposal at the industrial area of Pithampur.
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Rules violated in clearing Union Carbide waste; impact ignored
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board had cleared the trial run of the incineration of hazardous waste lying on the Union Carbide factory premises here, overlooking several violations of Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules.
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Five Sahebganj firms cry foul over selective closure notices Mines battle toxic charge
Rajmahal, June 29: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board and Sahebganj district administration are at loggerheads over the closure of five polluting China clay mines situated on the banks of the Ganga in Rajmahal.
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Okhla residents wary of polluting' energy plant
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: Residents of seven colonies near the proposed