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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Sale of toxic watermelons on the rise
Rajpura: Poor enforcement of law has lead to the sale of watermelons laced with intoxicants in Rajpura. The Health Department officials expressing their helplessness to get the samples of the fruit said the consumers should be made aware of the problem. Besides, this law should be enforced strictly to curb this menace that has endangered health of the people.
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Factory accused of releasing toxic waste into water source near Hassan
Shama Sunder Polluted water has caused loss of paddy crop, say people of Kokkanaghatta village Expert eye: A team of scientists, accompanied by farmers, examining crops at Kokkanaghatta village near Hassan.
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A different waste model
The new waste management model should require each firm and each consumer to pay a price for recycling and disposal
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Three workers die due to toxic gas in manhole
Three cleaners who went into a manhole in a banquet hall at Adarsh Nagar area died from toxic gases on Tuesday afternoon.
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Environmental hazards of sea-dumped chemical weapons
Chemical warfare agents (CWA) represent environmental legacy contaminants as production and subsequent dumping of CWA typically occurred decades ago.
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Verdict on June 7
Twenty-six years after one of the worst industrial disasters, Bhopal gas tragedy which claimed thousands of lives occurred, a local court trying the case would pronounce its verdict on June 7.
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Whose life is it anyway?
The callous manner in which we treat waste, even radioactive, is criminal. (Editorial)
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UC waste to be incinerated
The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has given clearance to a private waste management company to dispose 346 tonnes of toxic waste of the now-defunct Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)'s pesticide plant, officials said.
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Union Carbide's toxic waste to be incinerated
The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has given clearance to a private waste management company to dispose 346 tonnes of toxic waste of the now-defunct Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)'s pesticide plant, officials said.
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Varsity has ignored safety rules for 23 years: Experts
New Delhi: Even as Delhi University tried to fend off criticism over the way university handled a gamma irradiator that had cobalt-60 in it, scientists familiar with radioactive material questioned how even basic safety norms were not followed at DU for the past two decades.