Phase-out at fever pitch

Protection at last

California bans the harmful use of mercury in vaccines

Softening up

US' mild stand on mercury

The making of CFL...

The manufacturing of Compact Flourescent Lamp at a Havells factory.

How smartphones are killing the planet

The energy used to build a single smartphone is equal to the energy required to operate it for about a decade

Fog can be deadly, says study

Fog water contains 20 times more monomethylmercury, the most neuro-toxic form of mercury, than rain water

MERCURY DISPUTE

Oil giant sued

Nations renew commitment for Minamata Convention at UNGA meet

18 countries sign the treaty at a high-level meeting in New York

Amount of mercury in environment grossly underestimated

Quantity released in the environment since 1850 is over twice more than previously estimated, says a study

Breached

Mercury can find its way to the brain, warn scientists

Mercury is now traceable

American thermal power plants under mercury regulation

US Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards will be effective from December 2014

Toxic heavy metals found in indigenous people living near oil fields of Peruvian Amazon: Study

High levels of mercury, cadmium & arsenic were found in the urine samples of people living river basins of Corrientes, Pastaza, Tigre & …

Vietnam just recorded its highest-ever temperature

Not only Vietnam, but the entire world is experiencing this sudden rise in temperatures

Peru

THAILAND

Corn against mercury

Is Asia polluting the US?

Poison in Indian food

In Court

Minamata Convention: India skips historic meet

Officials mum on why no official representative went from India

In the Parliament on March 11, 2016

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

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