AHMEDABAD: The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) on Friday organized a seminar on hazardous industrial waste. During the seminar, experts pointed out that over the past two years, Ahmedabad has already
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday asked the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to file an affidavit on its stand pertaining to the operation of jewellery manufacturing units in the walled city,
People complained of eye irritation, constant cough: Minister Emission of sulphur dioxide from the Sterlite factory in Tuticorin above the permissible level led to people complaining about the plant, Environment Minister M.C. Sampath told the Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to a calling attention motion, the Minister said continuous monitoring of sulphur dioxide by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) had clearly proved increased emission of gas from the plant on March 23, 2013.
Vaman Acharya, Chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), said on Thursday that the KSPCB had named Mangalore and Bhadravati as “critically polluted” cities in the State. He was inaugurating a three-day international conference on “Environment and occupation health” organised by Manipal University, the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad, and the Regional Occupational Health Centre (ROHC), Bangalore, here.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to have an inspection carried out of all industrial units across the state that produce or use hazardous materials like polyacrylate.
<p> It is the improper mode of application, violating the law and regulations, that is responsible for the apparent adverse toxic effects of endosulfan. People marking their protest against endosulfan
India is strangely reluctant to ban this pesticide despite mounting evidence of its collateral damage As the stage is set for the crucial meeting of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP), a global regime to protect human health and the environment from dangerous chemicals, to be held in Geneva from April 25, a showdown between the Centre and Kerala has been underwa
<p>This committee report submitted to Gujarat Health Ministry has disfavoured ban on endosulfan production in the state saying there are no health effects on humans as a result of exposure to the insecticide. This committee was constituted following representation from endosulfan workers in Gujarat, who urged the state government not to act upon the report of the National Institute of Occupational Health which asserted there were health problems associated with endosulfan.</p>
Ahmedabad: 30 members of Rajasthan State Mine Labour Union came to stage a protest at the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) in the city on Tuesday.
