High cadmium leads to decline in oysters

Pollution zone

Air pollution linked to autism

Exposure to diesel particulates, heavy metals doubles the risk

Depleted uranium in Bosnia's water

Spoilt for choice

Are cheap food prices reason to cheer?

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

Iron in particulate matter damages lungs

Effluent treatment plants have not proved effective

Tishya Chatterjee , member secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) spoke to Manish Tiwari on the presence of persistent …

Cigarette butts cause heavy metals to enter food chain, says study

Almost 4.95 trillion cigarette butts are littered annually and many of these find their way into the ocean

Biomonitors for pollution

Seaweeds could act as indicators of heavy metal pollution in sea

Making a comeback

Domestic wastewater as fish food

Fatal attraction

Beauty and the beast

Cosmetics in India are tainted with toxic heavy metals, shows a study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment. It’s …

Field science

Long-term impacts of lead exposure have finally been revealed

Lead exposure not only reduces IQ levels and lower socio-economic status, it costs India US $236 billion annually

Salted solutions

Ionic salts hold promise as ecofriendly solvents

Court asks to close polluting industries in Pali

More dirt on GAP

The much-hyped sewage treatment plants installed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the Ganga Action Plan are proving to be ineffective. A report …

Toys may not be all that harmless

For a clean ganga

Hunt on for toxins in toys

Committee set to test toxicity in toys in India

Hussain Sagar goes to toxic waste

Five years on, no progress on project to clean 16th century lake

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented

Brain drain

Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study