TAKEN TO TASK

CHINA

INDIA

Pallor over El Dorado

Severe mercury contamination induced by gold hunters threatens Venezuela's eco-system

A robot for the deep

Scientists in the US have developed a device that would help search toxic wastes at seabed

TAIWAN

India: a junkyard?

THAILAND

Shearers poisoned

Hazardous junks

Pakistan and Bangladesh are the latest targets of the shipbreaking industry

STERLITE UNIT SHUT DOWN

Saving the river

Danish fugitive banished

SC Monitoring Committee wants toxic ship sent back

The Panipat tragedy: what went wrong?

A routine valve repair on a gas pipeline suddenly turned out to be a nightmare of death because basic precautions were ignored

The chlorine bomb

An used chlor-alkali plant is slipped through lax Indian laws on the import of hazardous technology

Waste of effort

The Central Pollution Control Board plays foul in inventorising NCR's hazardous waste generation

Not a child's toy

Are they safe or are they toxic? The debate continues as the US tries to oppose Europe's efforts to ban toys containing PVC

FOR SAFER FOOD

VIETNAM

Moneymakers

Deadly aroma

Waste wise

Safe disposal of hazardous hospital wastes were the topic of discussion at a meeting in Delhi

Chemical waste

Bytes

Alang fire kills five labourers

Shipbreakers tightlipped