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Utkal asbestos plant's no-objection certificate cancelled
@alok227 Issue Date: Apr 24, 2013
Bihar deputy CM stirs up a storm with remarks on asbestos
Issue Date: Apr 10, 2013
Bihar’s deputy chief minister, Sushil Modi, who also holds the portfolio of forest and environment ministry, has been accused of misleading the state Assembly on the health hazards of asbestos.
MLA Sanjay Singh (Tiger) had posed a question regarding health hazards of asbestos factories during the Assembly session that concluded last week. In his reply given on March 25, Modi cited a Supreme Court judgement and added, “So far there has been no study in the country to establish this fact in a credible manner.”
Rage over asbestos
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2013
US ship, Oriental Nicety, enters Indian waters despite Supreme Court restriction
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2012
The Supreme Court order prohibiting the entry of the dead ship, Oriental Nicety, into Indian territorial waters seems to have had little deterrent effect on the government. The controversial US ship reached Bhavnagar in Gujarat on June 30, two days after the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) gave it permission enter Indian waters. While activists say this is in violation of the Supreme court order, GMB officials say the permission is only for bringing in the ship for inspection.
Diesel exhaust linked to lung cancer
Issue Date: Jun 13, 2012
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organization, gives its scientific verdict that diesel engine exhaust can cause lung cancer in humans. In its report released on June 12, IARC has reclassified diesel exhaust from its group 2A list of probable carcinogens to its group 1 list of substances that have definite links to cancer.
