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

Mercury link

Ice cover controls mercury degradation

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Deadly delicacy

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 …

The light bulb moment

Citing energy efficiency and durability, industry has put LED lights on a pedestal. But is it really time to bid adieu to CFL and the humble …

Caustic-chlorine industry rated

Pledges to improve performance after poor scores

Living on the edge

Local pollution linked to birth defects

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

Unpalatable facts

Mercury haunts Hindustan Lever

Hg's a plague

Mercury hits Indian healthcare

Delhi’s industrial areas are toxic hot spots, finds survey

Many of the 18 hazardous hot spots in the city are in residential areas

Kodaikanal Mercury Dumping

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Over the edge

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

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

E-toxic trail

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

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 …

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

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

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 …

Poison on the plate

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