Sodium cyanide 'possibly stored' in Tianjin warehouse, say experts

The Chinese State Council has rolled out a nationwide inspection of businesses using dangerous chemicals 

British TV crucifies India's nuclear programme

Using cloak-and-dagger techniques and with help from willing critics, a British television crew does a hatchet job on India's nuclear programme.

Sponge iron(y)

Orissa turning into a haven for the hazardous industry

Bhopal remembered, Bhopal forgotten

Centre proposes amendments to Shipbreaking Code 2013 for safe recycling

Toxic ships entering Indian waters expose vulnerabilities in country’s maritime and environmental security

Sealed fate

The de-sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take-off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners

UN conference calls for global action to save people from toxic chemicals

Delegates agreed though that the key 2020 goal for sound chemical management could not be met by that year

ILO readies convention on safety standards for industry

A mountain to climb

Cash-strapped Uttaranchal embarks on industrialisation. However, its policies are frightfully blind to green issues

Ailing Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh pollution control board chief sidesteps Supreme Courtorder

Master plan for anarchy

The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …

Follow-up

The chemistry of living death

Filtering out foul smell

The Mercedes-Benz has developed biofilters to eliminate the bad odour emitted by metal foundries. The use of these filters shall replace the …

"Waste minimisation, a training manual"

The green goblins

Deep inside Chittagong's shipbreaking yards

Close, or else

Protesters against Meta Strips in Goa threaten a civil disobedience movement

On the impacts of nanotechnology

Barry Castleman, an environmental consultant and expert on workplace health hazards, tells Arnab Pratim Dutta about nanotechnology's impacts

Talking in riddles

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free

The crippling effects of TCE

tce is a nonflammable, colourless liquid. It is mainly used to remove grease from metal parts. Worldwide almost 80-90 per cent of this chemical …

Blue Lady contained radioactive waste

Chemical cowboys

‘I’m always in the opposition’

Lawyer and activist, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, who is spearheading the battle against the thriving shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, speaks to …

The chemistry of living death

THE world's biggest industrial disaster has been rendered today its most trivial. Criminal corporate culpability and governmental concern for its …