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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Report had slammed UCC: Gas storage recipe for disaster
The Centre seems to have forgotten the findings of a high-level technical committee it had formed immediately after the Bhopal gas tragedy, which had slammed the Union Carbide Corporation saying it was
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GoM discusses clean-up options
Deliberating on remediation measures, the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday considered a number of clean-up options, including building a memorial and burying part of the toxic waste at the disaster site in Bhopal where the Union Carbide factory is located.
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Bhopal GoM to recommend cleanup, more relief, Anderson extradition
Ministerial Panel May Put Onus Of Cleaning Up Plant Site On MP Govt With Financial Help From Centre
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UCIL ownership should make no difference to case against Dow
Smita Gupta New Delhi: Environmentalists and activists who have been tracking the Bhopal gas tragedy case say the current ownership of the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant should make no material difference to the case against Dow Chemicals.
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How safely is industrial waste disposed?
Sukalp Sharma
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Why we must remember...
Kiran Yadav
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Residents around plant to move SC for safe water
NEW DELHI: Residents of 13 localities around the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal first bore the brunt of the gas leak in 1984 and are now suffering contamination of ground water by hazardous waste from the plant.
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Bhopal: GoM report on Monday
Smita Gupta and J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI:The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal, which met on Friday, will work through the weekend and submit its report to the Cabinet on Monday, ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 10-day deadline. The mood at the meeting, sources said, was
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Bhopal gas leak case: all is not lost
Sriram Panchu The government should arrange for a current calculation of compensation requirements, provide the balance funds, and ensure speedy disbursement.
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Special panel proposed for gas victims
J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI: The Union Law Ministry has suggested that the Group of Ministers looking into the Bhopal gas tragedy set up a special commission to address the issues of the victims and their children over the next 30 years.