Argentina

Toxic food

Pact on POPs

India signs Stockholm Convention

Zeroing in on persistent pollutants

Paints and refrigerants have chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are difficult to remove …

Clean move

Toxic ship cannot beach at Alang

Pesticide test in 60 minutes

It can make monitoring market samples easy  

Dioxins toned down

Female bias?

Dying fish

Deep inside Chittagong's shipbreaking yards

Ignorance is low IQ, cancer

PCBs, dioxins write the fate of people living near a dumpsite

Persistent organic pollutants can render vaccines ineffective

E-waste toxins in mum’s milk

Urban people more at risk

US ship, Oriental Nicety, enters Indian waters despite Supreme Court restriction

Gujarat Maritime Board says court registrar gave it go ahead

The POPs treaty

A historical chance to get rid of some of the most toxic substances known to humans

Alang awaits toxic ship

Centre stalls Platinum II beaching

'Plastics should be classified as hazardous'

Current rate of production may add 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 2050; classification can help reduce this amount to four billion tonnes, says …

Being egged on

International dump yard

Ship breaking thrives in South Asia because of weak laws

Playing safe

Nations finally draft a treaty to combat the use of toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, which are known for their damning health effects