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Old Trees destroyed by Power Company

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 13:09

New Delhi 4th March, 2011: Transco the power company is laying power cables along Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Central Delhi. This is a tree-lined avenue with trees dating back from 1920 and before.
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Quotes From The Earth: The Environment Film Festival For Ecological Citizenship

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 12:20

New Delhi 4 Dec ,2010 : Toxics Link and the India International Centre presents Quotes from the Earth: The International Environment Film Festival on the 4th and 5th of December 2010, at India International Centre New Delhi, with the theme “Ecological Citizenship.”
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The Draft E waste rules Needs more teeth??

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 12:11

New Delhi, 11 Aug , 2010: The country today generates over 400,000 metric tones of E waste and the volume continues to grow exponentially throwing up serious challenges in managing such waste. After many years of campaign for a suitable law to deal with E waste the Ministry of Environment on announced a separate rule to deal with issues related to E waste in India.
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lead in Children`s Jewellery

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 12:04

New Delhi, 2 July 2010 : Children`s jewellery is in vogue these days. In keeping with the tendency with children to suck or chew these trinkets, what if you come to know that these embellishments contain lead, a potent neurotoxin capable of IQ deficit, brain and kidney damage, gastrointestinal symptoms such as colic, and even death due to lead poisoning?
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SAGE Publications, Oxford Bookstore New Delhi and Toxics Link presents Our Toxic World: A guide to hazardous substances in our everyday lives

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 11:52

New Delhi, 24 Apr ,2010 : SAGE Publications in association with Oxford Bookstore, New Delhi and Toxics Link today launched the book Our Toxic World: A guide to hazardous substances in our everyday lives compiled and scripted by Aniruddha Sen Gupta, eminent author with illustrations by Priya Kuriyan, renowned animator and film maker.
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School eliminates E waste

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 11:43

New Delhi, 27 Jan , 2010 :Do you know that India alone generates more than 4 lakh tones of electronic waste, which is highly toxic in nature and requires appropriate technology and process for its sound management? If not, then take cue from the students of St.
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State seeks support from Toxics link for Biomedical Waste Management in

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 15:42

Dehradun, 26 Nov ,2009 : One third of the healthcare facilities in Uttarakhand are not registered. They are also running out of compliance with regard to biomedical waste management and handling rules, 1998.
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UNEP and WHO to lead initiative to remove lead from paints globally – Toxics Link proposal adopted by highest UN chemical safety global forum.

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 15:35

New Delhi, 27May , 2009 :25 May 2009, New Delhi: In the recently concluded Second Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-2) held 11-15 May 2009 endorsed a global partnership to promote phasing out the use of lead in paints.
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INDIA JOINS WORLD TO EFFECT GLOBAL ACTION ON MERCURY

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 15:29

New Delhi, 23 Feb, 2009 More than 140 countries decided to pursue a global treaty on mercury at the 25th UNEP Governing Council meeting. Defying expectations, world environmental ministers agreed last week in Nairobi to begin negotiating a treaty to control global mercury pollution.
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Silver Poison in Fish Platter

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 15:21

New Delhi, 06 Feb, 2009 : Toxics Link in association with DISHA released a study report on levels of Mercury found in fish collected from Kolkata and other locations in West Bengal.
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Toxics Link - for a toxics-free world

Toxics Link Key Impacts

Bio – Medical Waste Management Rules

Inclusion of several suggestions by Toxics Link in the revised bio-medical waste management rules, 2016

State level Workshop on Bio-Medical waste management conducted in Rajasthan in Collaboration with Rajasthan SPCB & State Department of Health & Family Welfare

Lead in paint

Mandatory Standard for Lead in Paint

Ten years long campaign, many study reports and continuous follow-up and meetings with different stakeholders including respective ministries resulted into "Mandatory Standard for Lead in Paint" for the country.