Letters

Toxic waste: Who cares where it's dumped?

Self-reliance and export prospects have contributed to the rapid growth of the Indian chemical industry. But the distaff side of the boom is the …

Wealth engenders debt...

... seems like a paradox, but when that wealth is produced by affluent countries through importing undervalued resources of the poorer regions,…

Locking horns with the bull

International agreements like the Basel Convention are not enough to defeat corporate agendas firmly rooted in the stock market

Beyond backwardness

Villagers in Bidar have taken up the cudgels against industrialists and lax state officials responsible for turning this backward district into …

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

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 

'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

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

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 …

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 …

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 …