Affected people can even approach the criminal court
JUSTICE N VENKATACHALA former judge of the Supreme Court, is currently chairperson of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA). Set …
Just dump it
Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …
No concrete plans
The Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The …
Brinksman
As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …
Air losing self-cleaning ability
Recent studies indicate increasing pollution may be hampering the atmosphere's inherent cleansing abilty
Killer industries
Government- industrialist nexus and public apathy have become incentives for norm-flounting industries in Gujarat
A chance to waste
Political parties want the government of India to ratify the Basel ban on import of hazardous waste
Book review: Toxicity
The Dirty Dozen: Toxic Chemicals and the Earth's Future By Bruce E Johansen (Praeger Publishers, 2003)
Courting justice
The law reigned supreme as recently, some environmental and public health truants were rebuked for cocking a snook at all set standards
Should not go waste, this
The proposed hazardous waste management project again" brings to light the Indian government's tendency to prevent free flow of crucial data …
What a waste
The government is yet to decide what stand to take on the international trade in recyclable waste as banning it completely will hit industry hard
Blind alleys
Even after 50 years of Independence, freedom of information eludes the nation. Little is known of the state of India's environment. Efforts …
Banning by the barrel
On November 26, 2003 Armenia ratified the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and …
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
A hazardous voorkshop
The Dakar workshop on toxic-waste trade left both the exporting countries and green activists fuming
Damnable indispensability
Disposal of plastics is difficult. This drawback weighs heavy against the numerous advantages of the material
Producing poison
Russia continues to produce toxic chemicals even as its production and use has been banned in other countries
Drawing the waste-line
The national committee to look into the management of hazardous wastes met for the first time in New Delhi
Scavenging off toxic metals
Using microorganisms to treat pollutants is a cheap eco-friendly way of disposing waste, which is fast catching on.
Laying India to waste
Greenpeace sounds a red alert about toxic waste imports into India at workshops across the country
Why multiple committees for reviewing pesticide ban, SC asks government
The apex court sought the reason for appointing several committees when the initial panel had already recommended the banning of 27 pesticides
Pesticides leading cause of poisoning in India: Study
The second-most common cause of poisoning was miscellaneous agents, followed by drugs, venoms and corrosives