Toxic lakes

A robot for the deep

Scientists in the US have developed a device that would help search toxic wastes at seabed

Poisoned river

Foul waters

Toxic spill

Toxic food

Polluters at large

New membrane to help remove oil, dyes from industrial waste water

The membrane, developed by team from IIT-G, using graphene oxide, cotton fibre and dopamine removed around 98 per cent of oil from the water

Research finds toxins in fracking fluid and wastewater

Out of the 240 chemicals analysed, 157 were associated with either developmental or reproductive toxicity

To ban or not to ban

A recent interim court order on toxic trade throws open a Pandora's box: environment, industry, employment, international commitments... the lot

Under siege

India, seen as a dumpyard by the developed countries for toxic wastes, is under pressure not to ratify the Basel Ban

Tiffs with scrap

Beware of waste that can be recycled

TOXIC THREAT

India or junkyard?

BRAZIL

Dump and forget

The US refuses to take back the toxic waste it dumped in Haiti

Crusader sentenced

Gaol term for environmentalist in land of glasnost

South Asia

Alang fire kills five labourers

Shipbreakers tightlipped

'Tsunami of e-waste' to hit the world soon, warns new UN report

The sheer volume of production, lack of recycling and poor abiding of laws means that the globe could be in for a doomsday scenario, it notes

Why we must fix toxic chemical pollution to safeguard our planet and health

Leaders gathering at Bonn next week must strengthen a global agreement that prioritises accountability for pollution from chemicals 

Mobile app shows users the hazards of e-waste

Consumer demand for the 'next big thing' and ready supply by electronic companies are the primary causes behind e-waste generation

Human greed compounds nature's tragedy

The devastating famine that is killing Somalis by the thousands each week will end some day, but they may find out then that they have to deal …

Ethics dumped

The world over, the pockets where the poor live are used as environmental dumps. PAUL WAPNER debates the environmental ethics of International …

A hazardous voorkshop

The Dakar workshop on toxic-waste trade left both the exporting countries and green activists fuming