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

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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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In Brief

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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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Slow, but sure, poisons

Explosive shells in scrap metals is one thing. Extremely toxic metals quite another

No one's controlling mercury

Change is in the process

Brinksman

As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …

Free the air of mercury

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

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

The making of CFL...

The manufacturing of Compact Flourescent Lamp at a Havells factory.