Hazardous junks

Pakistan and Bangladesh are the latest targets of the shipbreaking industry

STERLITE UNIT SHUT DOWN

Saving the river

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

Deadly aroma

Waste wise

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

FOR SAFER FOOD

VIETNAM

Moneymakers

Chemical waste

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

Insurance default

CYNIDE SPILL

Toxic concrete

REPRIMANDED

Plastic Peril

Plastics are useful, but their use and disposal should be bound by a strong policy

FOLLOW UP

Green promises

Political parties pay lip service to environmental issues in their election manifestos

The incinerator war