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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Toxic legacy
Ratan Tata's offer to help find funds to remove the toxic waste in UCC's Bhopal plant is inconsistent with the `polluter pays' principle.
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SNIPPETS
• Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has reinstated three senior civil servants, suspended for their involvement in the dumping of toxic wastes around the capital city of Abidjan, in September
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Chemical waste dump forces Philippines villagers out
Noxious fumes from chemical wastes dumped into a river in the town of Marilao in the Philippines, forced thousands of residents to flee their homes in the last week of November. Residents
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Supreme Court restrains dismantling Blue Lady
The Supreme Court has restrained the dismantling of the Norwegian ship, Blue Lady. The ship containing 1,250 tonnes of asbestos docked in July this year at Alang port, Gujarat. The court has
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Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty
A trip to Bailadila wasn't on my agenda when I arrived at Chhattisgarh. But a meeting with Pratap Agrawal, a feisty Jagdalpur lawyer who keeps the state government on its toes with his various
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IN COURT
Tailings dam controversy: Chile's General Directorate of Waters has decided to challenge a recent ruling of Santiago Appeals Court related to tailings mine. The court had revoked authorisation of
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SNIPPETS
<font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> Tonnes of deadly toxic waste, which killed 10 people and made thousands ill in Ivory Coast were recently shipped out of the country in sealed containers, bound for a treatment plant in France. <br>
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Dutch cargo vessel Probo Koala free to sail
The Dutch cargo vessel Probo Koala, which illegally dumped huge amount of deadly toxic waste around Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan in the first week of September, has left Estonia and is now
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Action against polluting units gives Goa villagers some relief
POLLUTING industrial units in Cuncolim Industrial Estate, located about 10 km from Madgaon town in Goa, are beginning to feel the heat. On September 11, 2006, the Goa State Pollution Control Board
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"Waste minimisation, a training manual"
Waste Minimisation