GAMBIA

Science learns from tradition

Seeds of nuts used by Andhra tribals to purify water yields a substance that can be used to remove toxic metals from industrial waste.

Cracking down on eco-crime

Polluters of the environment are now increasingly being regarded as criminals. In New Jersey, there's a new breed of police personnel …

Hell-Hole

Gujarat industrialists are building a site to dump toxic wastes in Nandesari. The plans of the landfill, however, are severely flawed and it …

PAKISTAN AIDS

Ozone friendly, but toxic

Exposure to chemicals being used as alternatives to CFCs can cause liver damage

Dam in protest

THAILAND

Dumping disincentives

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More evidence?

Particulate matter from cigarettes, mosquito coils makes indoor air toxic

A study reveals that aluminum, chromium and tin are higher in mosquito coil smoke, and copper, zinc, manganese, nickel and lead are higher in …

From a woman's point of view

ASIAN AND PACIFIC WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND ACTION SERIES: ENVIRONMENT Edited by Susanna George et al Publisher: Asian and Pacific Development Centre, …

Should free trade include toxic dumping?

Many European nations have banned the free passage of toxic waste between borders, despite the common-market concept.

Deadly generosity

Eighty-four nations may have 'agreed' to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the …

Waste is being dumped in Russia

Galina Sdasyuk is a researcher at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, and is formulating a sustainable model of …

Dam of death

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Kept at bay

Trash-fired power plants wasted in India

Controversy mars India's ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not even generate …

Prelude to extinction

Fishery experts say a global system of management is essential to prevent the extinction of the world's fish stocks, even as the number of …

Jakarta scavengers moan loss of scrap trade

Indonesia is burdened, in more ways than one, by other nations treating it as a dumping ground for their wastes.

Explaining the chemistry of an oil spill

Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. …

Pollution clogs hyacinth control

Insects introduced to curb the spread of water hyacinths are avoiding feeding on those weeds that have been contaminated by toxic metals