Mercury-laced food

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

Silence is the best policy

Shear waste

Efficient e-waste recycling technology on the anvil

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

Flamingone

In Short

Handy test to detect mercury

A new kit to detect contamination in fish

Salted solutions

Ionic salts hold promise as ecofriendly solvents

Coal politics in an unequal world

US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

Parking poison

Coal-based plants spew mercury

Mercury takes the shine off CFLs

Lower watt lamps use more mercury for extra glow, says study

Science and Technology - Briefs

Industry evades responsibility for heavy metals in cosmetics

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has refused to accept that their products have toxins

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat

Science and Technology - Briefs

Free the air of mercury

Newly launched Minamata Convention weak on mercury released by thermal power plants

In Brief

MoEF drags feet over law for safe disposal of CFLs

Reasons for prolonged delay unknown

Unchecked

Industry flouts weak regulations at will

Unsettling

What the Centre and the state government did to rehabilitate victims

Serving the symptom

The government still does not know what still afflicts people in Bhopal

Foul Debris

The UCIL plant is still a health hazard

Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely

Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities