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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Collapse of the clean coal myth (Editorial)
A month of negative news for the Tennessee Valley Authority could lead to positive changes in national policy, including federal regulation of toxic coal wastes and new legal constraints on coal-fired power plants.
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Warning against burning of waste on Bogi festival
Staff Reporter DINDIGUL: Stern action will be initiated against persons who engage in burning of tyres, plastic and rubber items during Bogi festival, the penultimate day of Pongal festival. Unrestrained burning of tyres and plastic items would produce dense smoke and toxic fumes polluting air, water and soil, Collector R. Vasuki said here on Sunday.
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Groups seek syncrude charges over 500 duck deaths
Date: 08-Jan-09 Country: CANADA Author: Jeffrey Jones CALGARY - Environmental groups took the first step on Wednesday to convince a court to charge Canada's largest oil sands producer with the deaths of 500 ducks, an incident that brought worldwide attention to the ecological impact of the huge energy resource.
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Writ Petition No. 2802/2004 titled Alok Pratap Singh versus Union of India and Others
The present application for intervention arises from Writ Petition No.2802/2004 titled Alok Pratap Singh versus UOI and Ors pending before the Hon'ble Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur wherein vide order-dated 23.06.2005 the Applicant was invited to intervene in the said Writ Petition by the Hon'ble High Court, in order to assist the court in the present matter.
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Industrialisation, use of pesticides have led to pollution of water bodies in Punjab: PGI study
Depleting water resources, industrialisation and the rampant use of pesticides has led to the pollution of water bodies in Punjab, which has resulted in an acute and chronic morbidity among people. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in association with the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).
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What Is RESRAD and why should you care?
A community guide to estimating radiation doses from residual radioactive contamination.
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Sunscreen, sodavoila
A cheap way to clean up radioactive waste a common ingredient of sunscreens, when mixed with another ingredient of soaps, can clean up wastewater containing radioactive material. Upon heating, titanium dioxide and caustic soda form a ceramic. This, a group of Australian and Chinese researchers found, could absorb radioactive material. With the demand for nuclear material for
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Document on compilation of MSDS for the 708+ hazardous, toxic and/or flammable chemicals
In India, it is estimated that more than 10 million chemicals are used commercially. Industrial chemicals comprise almost two thirds of these chemicals. There is a wide range of hazards posed by chemicals.
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Acute oral toxicity studies of samples of Stored Toxic Wastes at the former UCIL Plant Site at Bhopal in rats
This study was conducted to assess the safety with special reference to the acute toxicity, if any of siz samples (Excavated waste, Lime sludge, Naphthol tar (nor Napthol tar), Reactor residue, Semi processed pesticide and Sevin tar) collected from `Stored Toxic Wastes at the former UCIL Plant Site at Bhopal'.
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News 360 - Brief
nsg India gets into nuclear family On September 6, the 45-member nuclear suppliers group (nsg) lifted its 16-year-old embargo on nuclear commerce with India. The tough negotiations in Vienna went down to the wire after China, which had sounded positive in the run-up to the nsg meeting took a different line. Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Ireland also acted