Cause for concern

Fine print hassles

Chemical manufacturers shaken by India's signing POPs convention

Half-measure

NAFTA tribunal's ban on potential carcinogen leaves larger environmental issues unaddressed

US shipping out 'spoils' of terror

Rubble from World Trade Center arrives in India to a hostile reception by environmentalists

202 new industrial chemicals

Desperately seeking waste

To industry's tune

Simple salmon

Scottish environmentalists oppose use of chemicals to control sea lice and favour organic salmon

Cleaning trees

Phytoremediation gets another shot in the arm as Japanese researchers transform conifer leaves to fantastic cleaning agents

For silver more

Mercurial gift

India is all set to receive a deadly cargo from USA

Metal maniacs

Genetically-modified trees could be soaking up poisonous metals from the ground in the near future or even mine for precious ones

Talking in riddles

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

Landfills scrapped in UK

Come 2004, 90 per cent of landfills will be shut down in the UK. The step is being taken in the wake of a recent EU directive that has clamped …

Kiln Eco-

Brickmaking is a profit-driven enterprise. At one level, it produces the basis of the built-up world. But what of the hidden -- ecological and …

In Short

No laughing matter

Nitrous oxide is steadily accumulating in the upper atmosphere, eating into the ozone layer and contributing to global warming

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

Colours of Nature

An organisation in Mumbai documents the presence of dyeing pigments in microbes and plants

Ecoproposals

No one's controlling mercury

Toxicitea tangle

Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …

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 …

Ecomilestone

Recycling of discarded vehicles soon to be mandatory in Europe