Mercury-laced food

Sun, sea and snow bring mercury down to the Earth and in the food

No silver lining

Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being …

Fluorescent lamps energy efficient but with glitches

Silence is the best policy

Shear waste

Efficient e-waste recycling technology on the anvil

Faceless workers

Mercurial gift

India is all set to receive a deadly cargo from USA

How power can be cleaned

Any talk of “cleaning” coal to make it less damaging is untenable

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 …

Flamingone

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India and US renew environment agreement

US court indicts vaccines with mercury for autism

Handy test to detect mercury

A new kit to detect contamination in fish

Salted solutions

Ionic salts hold promise as ecofriendly solvents

No one's controlling mercury

Just dump it

Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …

Mercury in air, water

Hussain Sagar goes to toxic waste

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

Let there be CFL

See the light CFL is becoming popular in India with a little help from government schemes. But its wide-scale use requires regulation

Singrauli pollution a matter of serious concern, admits high power panel

Report submitted to National Green Tribunal finds serious lapses in disposal of fly ash, but skims over health and environmental impacts of …

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BYTES

Minamata Convention: deal signed to phase out mercury by 2020

From 2020, production, import and export of products that contain mercury will be banned under Minamata Convention

Heavy metals in cosmetics: government silent on tightening rules

After Rajya Sabha MP raises concerns, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad cites rules but says little about protecting consumers