Pesticide poisoning

Kerala's tryst with pesticide-related deaths continue

United Nations

Hazardous decision

HAZARDOUS OIL IMPORT

Good shot

Apex court committee penalises chemical plant

Back in business

Alang shipbreakers get a new lease of life

Helping hands

NGOs mobilise support to provide redress to victims of a chlorine gas leak in Lahore

Safe drinking

A new filter now promises clean drinking water in arsenic-rich areas

Sex change

More bites for India!

Though eco-friendly alternatives are available, the government's malaria control programme banks heavily on use of hazardous chemicals

Washed clean

'Wet dry' cleaning could soon become a safer alternative to clean clothes

Clampdown on the cards

South Asia

Toothless

European laws are not effective to check the use of dangerous chemicals, says a European Commission report

Hazardous pesticides

Sweet smell of death

Chemicals from cosmetics, adhesives and plastics can disrupt hormone function and cause birth defects

Use me

How industrialised countries tried to make Africa the biggest dumping destination

South Africa

Mercury haunts Hindustan Lever

Industrial waste causes havoc in Karachi

Pakistan feels the heat of toxicity

Incinerator in Ohio ignites controversy

While US vice-president Al Gore cast his lot with the anti-incinerator, industry greens, residents of East Liverpool, Ohio, got together to …

All eyes on Akatsuki Maru

As the world follows the Akatsuki Maru and its 1.3 tonnes of plutonium oxide on its controversial trans-oceanic journey from France to Japan, …

ILO readies convention on safety standards for industry

DISPOSAL DILEMMA

Umbilical discord

As a result of air pollution in Delhi, strains of toxic metals like lead and cadmium are increasingly finding their way into the womb