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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Clean Yamuna: NGO on a vigil near river bank
New Delhi: For almost three years, civic agencies in Delhi have not been able to construct 13 enclosures on the Yamuna banks for people to throw in their religious samagri and not pollute the river.
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Toxicity from thermal plants a curse: Expert
Jalandhar: Setting up of a large number of thermal plants can prove to be a curse for Punjab.
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In oceans, plastics break up to pose new toxic threat
Washington: Environmentalists have long denounced plastic as a pollutant that does not break down. A new study indicates that in the oceans, plastic does decompose with surprising speed, but says that is not a good thing either.
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Implement Forest rights act: dwellers
Tribal inhabitants and forest-dwellers today pressed for their forest rights through a huge rally in the city. The Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national forum for the tribals and forest-dwellers, protested non-implementation of Forest Rights Act by taking out a rally which saw participation of hundreds of tribals from across the State.
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Sun, sea and garbage
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Court: Civic body guilty for pollution-linked birth defects
London: A British court has ruled in favor of a group of young people who say pollution from a former steelworks contributed to their birth defects. Eighteen claimants aged between nine and 22 sued a local authority, claiming their mothers were exposed to what one expert called an
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Chemical firm `flouts' green norms
FARMERS from the Mettur area are planning to meet Chemplast Sanmar shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday, to sensitise and warn them about the unaccounted social costs due to the company's alleged legal and environmental violations.
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Chembur residents see red over incinerator at dumping ground
MUMBAI: At a time when Chembur residents are seeking the closure of the Deonar dumping ground for emitting toxic gases, a bio-medical waste treatment plant set up by the BMC at the ground's entrance is adding to their woes. The incinerator, which burns 10 metric tonnes of bio-medical waste, is situated near residential buildings.
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UK to take back Brazil toxic waste
Britain has decided to take back more than 1,400 tonnes of toxic waste that was found in Brazil last week. The waste, contained in over 80 containers, included domestic and food waste, technological products, syringes, condoms and bags of blood. Britain has already launched an inquiry to probe how hazardous waste was illegally exported to Brazil.