Washed clean

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

Clampdown on the cards

Hazardous pesticides

Use me

How industrialised countries tried to make Africa the biggest dumping destination

South Africa

Mercury haunts Hindustan Lever

ILO readies convention on safety standards for industry

In the pay of plastics

India's biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West's fashion for unsustainable living

DISPOSAL DILEMMA

Appetite for danger

Jobs involving hazardous chemicals actually select people with the appropriate genes

CFCs black market

Flawed plans

India has little idea of how to clean up Bhopal

Punishing the polluter

EC prosecutes UK and France over pollution failures

Chemical banned

Contaminated water

The perils of PVC

HOSPITAL WASTE

Mercury threat

Meerut's bane...

HC takes note of hospital waste recycling racket

Toying with danger?

No Europe-wide ban on potentially dangerous chemicals used in plastic toys

Punished for good

Stricter laws

Another Alang in the making

Andhra Pradesh is in choppy waters over a proposed ship breaking yard at Vodarevu

Cleansing act

Asbestos toxic, says India

Changes stand on mineral at Rotterdam Convention