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Over the edge

Is Cuddalore's industrial area a Bhopal in the making? Yes, say villagers

India didn’t need to let power producers emit more of deadly oxides of nitrogen; here’s why

Limiting NOx emission at 300 mg / Nm3 is doable, claims Finnish state-owned Fortum Oyj; Environment ministry relaxed norms to 450 mg / Nm3 in October

HUL and mercury-exposed workers in Kodaikanal reach an out-of-court settlement

The settlement is historic as families of 591 workers have opted for an ex-gratia payment by the company for all that they endured while getting …

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

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

India a mercury hotspot

At a time when most countries are phasing out mercury, India has donned the dubious mantle of the world's toxic capital. Its import of elemental …

From cosmic dust to the origin of our solar system

Dust rings discovered near Mercury and Venus’s orbits could be studied to understand the origin of planets

Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

Sea’s toxic touch

Methylation in oceans turns harmless mercury harmful

Follow Up

Mercury threat

Mercury ban agreed

Gay by mercury

Water contamination may alter white ibises’ hormones

Experts flag dilution of NOx emission limit for coal-fired power stations

The SC on July 8 relaxed limits for coal-fired power stations commissioned between December 2003 and 2016 — to 450 mg / Nm3 from 300&…

Physicists hunt for superconductors that can revolutionise world’s energy system

Superconductors can address the problem of unwanted heat produced from electrical energy. But there is a rider: they operate at ultra-low …

Mercury’s dark surface a result of comet dust

A report says the planet’s surface was painted black by passing comets over billions of years

FOLLOW UP

Nine US states sue EPA over mercury emissions

Energy starved

Don't eat tuna

Heavy metals in cosmetics

Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general at Centre for Science and Environment talks about the growing cosmetic industry and the presence of …

Toxicity sealed!

Unilever shuts down its mercury concentration camp in Kodaikanal

Age no bar

Mercury can affect even adolescent brains

In Short