Industry evades responsibility for heavy metals in cosmetics

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

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MoEF drags feet over law for safe disposal of CFLs

Reasons for prolonged delay unknown

Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely

Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities

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Japanese council members protest serving of dolphin meat in schools

In court

Caution over cleanup of Nura river

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Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Zimbabwe’s gold rush leaves small-scale miners vulnerable to mercury poisoning

The highly toxic substance used to extract gold from ore leads to a number of complications

Sri Lanka becomes first country in South Asia to recycle compact fluorescent lamps

At a time when developing countries are struggling with safe disposal of compact fluorescent lamps, Sri Lanka is leading by example

Minamata Convention: India skips historic meet

Officials mum on why no official representative went from India

Coal-fired power stations carry heavy health costs in South Africa

Emissions from power plants causes at least 2,200 premature deaths every year, says Greenpeace

Silence is the best policy

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 …

Coal politics in an unequal world

NGT orders Singrauli polluters to provide clean drinking water to residents, or face closure

Directs industries in the coal and power hub to stop dumping industrial waste into Rihand reservoir and connected rivers

Mercury treaty still sketchy

While experts welcome the Minamata Convention for phasing out mercury, they believe it might not be enough

BHOPAL: the bad dream continues

Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A case …

Light on mercury

Regulations to check mercury pollution take backseat as Centre promotes fluorescent light

India’s Minamata

Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …