INDIA

Pallor over El Dorado

Severe mercury contamination induced by gold hunters threatens Venezuela's eco-system

A robot for the deep

Scientists in the US have developed a device that would help search toxic wastes at seabed

TAIWAN

Victims of ignorance

No more of waste

Greenpeace members and Indian NGOs demonstrate for a ban on import of wastes

Deadly groundwater

India: a junkyard?

THAILAND

Shearers poisoned

Hazardous junks

Pakistan and Bangladesh are the latest targets of the shipbreaking industry

STERLITE UNIT SHUT DOWN

Saving the river

Danish fugitive banished

SC Monitoring Committee wants toxic ship sent back

Digital campaign in China

Plastic waste illegally imported into India, claims expose

Carried out by 2 non-profits, the expose has claimed that other countries across Asia too bearing the brunt

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

IT's underbelly

India produces about 400,000 tonnes of electronic waste each year, growing exponentially. Handling this is a great challenge. What adds to it is …

Vizag gas leak: Govt report details short and long-term impact on nearby areas

The gas leak resulted in several impacts on the health of the people who lived in five villages located near the chemical plant managed by the&…

Vizag gas leak: Curtain calls on the accountability of LG Polymers

Lapses in managing styrene monomer gas in the plant and lack of timely emergency response measures led to the styrene gas leak

Deep inside Chittagong's shipbreaking yards

Plastic’s toxic trail: ‘Indispensable’ polymer’s health impacts all-pervasive; petrochemical workers are especially vulnerable

Down To Earth visited Panipat’s petrochemical cluster to find how the area is in throes of a health crisis