Molting seals add mercury to seawater, reveals study

Mercury, the most toxic metal, is easily absorbed and accumulated in marine organisms 

Amount of mercury in environment grossly underestimated

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

Poison on the plate

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

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

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E-toxic trail

Moradabad's e-waste dismantling and recycling industry has severely polluted the Ramganga river, finds a new CSE study

We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution: researchers

When researchers combined two industrial waste products, they created a material that could clean up mercury

Fog can be deadly, says study

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

In the Parliament on March 11, 2016

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

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 …

One-third power plants follow new, strict mercury emission standards in US

The court is yet to give a final verdict on the new standards, after state governments and industries contested them

Mercury from the northern hemisphere is ending up in Australia

The amount of mercury jumps up sharply at the start of dry season when winds shift from blowing over the ocean to blowing over the land

Mercury rising in the Arctic; scientists discover over 1.6 million tonnes in reserves

Scientists discover 793,000 tonnes of mercury in frozen permafrost soils and another 863,000 tonnes in unfrozen soils in the northern permafrost …

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

IMD warns of heat waves, warmer than normal summer

The weather agency predicts central and north-western India will bear the brunt of the sun, while heat waves has struck several parts of the south

Vietnam just recorded its highest-ever temperature

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

Piscivores could have more mercury in their system: study

Conducted by IIT-Hyderabad, the research found that frequent fish eaters, those living in the vicinity of coal-fired power plants and gold …

Indian cities are simmering in their own waste heat

Cities in northern plains used to cool down during night, but nowadays they are trapping this heat overnight sending their citizens into a …

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 …

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&…

Presence of mercury in birds near thermal power plants in Maharashtra paves way for modern analysis

Fly ash generated by TPPs is one of the ways mercury is released into the environment. Fly ash is usually disposed in ash ponds in the form of …

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

NGT panel flags environmental violations by ONGC, GAIL in Krishna-Godavari basin

Three units under them asked to pay Rs 17 crore in penalty to Central Pollution Control Board

Curiously high levels of mercury found in rivers linked to Greenland Ice Sheet

The findings shine a new light on our understanding of mercury management and the impact of global warming 

Over 18 million kids at e-waste dumpsites face threat of health hazards: WHO

Kids as young as five years, more than 12.9 million women work at e-waste dumpsites in low- and middle-income countries every year