Getting your house painted?

Getting your house painted? Watch the video before you do. Reading Down To Earth's cover story on toxins in paint got us thinking...among the …

Plastic coat for planes

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Stripping the aircraft

You can't rub out this paint

Latex obtained from succulents can be used to manufacture a host of products such as paints, adhesives and roofing material

Damned dyes

DYEING SHAME

Sorting out the mess

An ecofriendly polymer solution can replace polluting salts used for dyeing

Firm action

No budging

Danger zone

Stranger in his land

One man in a hopeless struggle against an environmental criminal. It could be you tomorrow

On collision course

Never say dye

Malachite green: a carcinoge

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Dyeing cotton fabrics is an ancient Indian art

Indian textiles formed an important item in the trade network, the major thrust being on cotton fabrics in vibrant kalamkari patterns. Mastery …

Subterranean subterfuge

Thousands of industrial units in parts of Haryana are clandestinely discarding untreated effluents into aquifers, irreversibly damaging groundwater.

Right blend

EU curbs on solvents

In court

Household paints have dangerous amounts of lead: study

Out of 20 samples tested for the presence of lead, all except 3 had lead content more than the permissible limit, shows a study by Toxics Links

Environmental governance in India pushes industries to face stricter pollution norms

The last one year of environmental regulation in India has shown many improvements. But a lot remains to be done

Disciplining the enfants terrible of industry

Small is not always beautiful: Small-scale industries in India account for only 35 per cent of the country's industrial production, but their …

In Short

Paints that power home

Quantum dots convert sunlight into electricity