Behind the scene

Dioxins are extremely persistent and all pervasive. Yet its politics tries to undermine the danger

Burn baby burn

The use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam war maimed US soldiers as well. A first hand account

Fine print hassles

Chemical manufacturers shaken by India's signing POPs convention

Memories of Agent Orange

Playing safe

Nations finally draft a treaty to combat the use of toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, which are known for their damning health effects

Untapped Potential

Lack of lagislation and certification undermines the potential of organic farming in India

Soft Target

Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their …

The Indian reality

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Internationally infamous

Toxic threat

Highly carcinogenic, dioxins trigger life-threatening diseases

Molecules of death

Dioxins, which are by-products of industrial processes, are not volatile and are extremely persistent chemicals. They bioaccumulate up the food …

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations' detriment. …

Swamped

The convoluted laws of the country fail to tackle the menace caused by the exponentially growing and powerful plastic industry in India

India Organics Inc

The Indian farmer is 'naturally' organic. But without support and premium for 'green' crops, there is no alternative but to take the chemical route

Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

Children of a lesser god

Children don't have a voice. They can't lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India's medical establishment and the civil society

Brain dead

When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ

Junk life

Fast food and slow death

Tropic of cancer

Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year

What's happening inside disposal units?

Vietnam

Chemical companies with a shady past

A burning problem

The foot-and-mouth scare assumes alarming proportions in the UK

Alang's toxic yard

More skeletons tumble out