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.

Dam of death

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

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Kept at bay

Spaced out waste

Oceans despair

1998. The International Year of the Ocean. But the news from the deep is not good

Battery management

Attack aftermath

WTC wreckage releases chemicals

Wordplay

Bid to dilute definition of radioactive wastes in the US

Scrap from Russia is cheaper

So Pakistani shipbreakers accept hazardous warships

Toxic ship cannot beach at Alang

Fine for a firm

Polluting unit in Rajasthan gets clean chit

Activists are fighting the Rajasthan Board for Prevention and Control of Pollution's sudden decision to clear the Pesticides India Ltd factory at …

Danger zone

Mysterious deaths

Lake in peril

Up the creek

Back in business

Alang shipbreakers get a new lease of life

On the rocks

Poisoning the Yamuna

A study on polychlorinated biphenyls in five stations along the Yamuna river indicates the presence of high levels of these toxic pollutants in …

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Toxic effects

Air pollution considerably increases cancer risk in the US