The small big polluter
Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective …
Inquiry into Quebec’s asbestos mining legacy reveals shocking findings
It has witnessed deaths, lack of compensation and safety and lower penalties in contrast to other Canadian provinces
Expressly defending white asbestos
The asbestos cement industry is back on the sly with its misinformation campaign. On July 15, 2003, The Indian Express and The Financial Express …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 25, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Is your talc safe? Lack of consensus puts consumers at risk of cancer, lung problems
Health Canada studied talcum free of asbestos and found the popular cosmetic item can be harmful
Johnson & Johnson recalls 33,000 talcum powder bottles after asbestos traces found
The multinational corporation says it will conduct an investigation parallel to the one being conducted by US FDA
March against asbestos
Though its use is banned in most countries, the asbestos industry continues to thrive at the cost of putting millions of people at risk
NGT asks environment ministry to list asbestos mines; orders health survey of mine workers
Despite a ban on mining of the carcinogenic building and fire-resistant material for the past two decades, NGT’s latest order shows that …
Johnson & Johnson to change baby powder composition, but it might not be enough to keep consumers safe
Cornstarch base for powder also not without risk
US asbestos industry seeks escape clause in law
Asbestos-related litigation in the us runs into billions of dollars today. So much so that the amount is estimated to exceed the combined cost of …
Utkal asbestos plant's no-objection certificate cancelled
Bihar Pollution Control Board's fact-finding team corroborates activists’ allegations of land purchase under false pretext
Odisha village wins case against Visaka Industries' asbestos plant
District administration approves Parmanpur panchayat’s decision to cancel no objection certificate to the company
Hill of death
More than 200 people in 14 villages near Roro hill in Jharkhand are dying slowly because of an abandoned asbestos mine
Death Inside The Factory Gates
Asbestos makes homes, but it also causes cancer. The "indestructible" substance is increasingly being cast aside by developed countries,…
Diesel exhaust linked to lung cancer
WHO agency says there is compelling evidence to classify diesel fumes as deadly carcinogen along with tobacco, asbestos
Out with asbestos!
September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2020)
CPCB panel appointed to inspect Utkal Asbestos plant site in Bihar
Patna High Court pulls up state pollution control board for submitting affidavits that contradict each other
Sitting Ducks
As polluting asbestos units and illegal mining thrive amid lax laws, lakhs of workers become easy prey for dreaded diseases
Have technology, will survive
A green agenda based on the paradigm of pollution prevention can rescue the small-scale industry
Mere plans
Government proposes. Industry disposes. Programmes for cleaning up have very largely gone by the wayside
Resource crunch and poor regulatory processes have made small-scale industries the pariahs of India's environment
India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet
Opposes its inclusion in prior informed consent list; campaigners accuse industry lobby of influencing government
Asbestos-free clutch
Not through this valley
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