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BEA reveals 23,000 tonnes of e-waste illegally exported to developing nations

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 14:32

New Delhi, 17 Dec, 2004 ,Illegal e-waste exports are flowing by the tonnes to developing Asian countries like India, Pakistan and China from UK Exporters mislabelling containers to flout international laws and rules.BEA sets up special enforcement project to clamp down on illegal exporters and ports Movements of hazardous wastes of all kinds is defined, controlled or prohibited under the terms of the Basel Convention - an international treaty u
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Indian Chemical Industry Seeks Right to Poison

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 13:06

New Delhi 21 July 2003 :Unmindful of the birth defects among human beings and animals, the Indian chemical industry’s appeal to Indian government to refrain from ratifying the Stockholm Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) treaty is outrageous. This appeal by the Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association (ICMA) is ecologically catastrophic. It is akin to asking the government a permission to allow ICMA to go on poisoning our food chain.
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Ban Asbestos Network of India Condemns Indian Government's Double Speak on Asbestos

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:52

New Delhi 21 Nov. 2003 : At the Rotterdam Convention meeting currently underway in Geneva (17-21 November), Canada and Russia led a revolt of asbestos producing countries against the inclusion of chrysotile asbestos (white asbestos) on the international list of chemicals subject to trade controls, despite scientific findings that this substance is harmful for human health and the environment, and in spite of the clear obligation, under the treaty, for such a listing.
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Delhiites Rally in Support of Bhopal Gas Survivors

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:40

NEW DELHI, 10 JULY, 2002 : More than 250 people joined in a march from Mandi House to Parliament Street to support the indefinite protest staged by the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster and their supporters in New Delhi since 26 June. The march was led by eminent people from New Delhi including veteran Janata Dal leader Shri Surendramohan, CITU general secretary P.K. Ganguly, senior AITUC leaders Amarjit Kaur and S.N. Thakur, Member of Parliament (RSP) Shri Abani Roy, UN rapporteur for housing rights Shri Milun Kothari and Dr. Vandana Shiva.
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Hindustan Lever Admits to Dumping of Mercury- containing Wastes

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:32

Delhi, 22 March, 2001: Hindustan Lever, which had earlier denied charges leveled by citizen groups in Kodaikanal against its thermometer factory of illegal mercury waste dumping, has admitted that the mercury-containing glass wastes, now ascertained to be 5.3 tonnes, lying at the Munjikal
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Environmentalists Hail Recall of Toxic USA Mercury Shipment to India -- US Congress to Consider a Ban

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:27

29 January 2001, New Delhi: An international coalition of environmental and labour organisations declared a first victory in their effort to prevent a 118 tonnes stockpile from the defunct HoltraChem chlorine manufacturing plant in Maine from being exported to India.
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Environmentalists criticize state government’s approval to set up waste-to-energy plant in Delhi

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:17

New Delhi, 30 November 2001: Delhi based environmental groups today criticised the Delhi government's "approval in principle" to set up a 1000 tonnes per day waste-to-energy plant in Delhi to generate 25 megawatt of electricity.
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Pesticides: Saviours or Killers?

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:07

New Delhi, January 2001, In the last four decades, there has been increasing global concern on the toxicological consequences of chemical pesticides. A major concern has been the prevalence of pesticide residues globally. Today, pesticides have entered the natural food chain, contaminating all strata of the ecosystem.
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Government and non-government agencies debate over Delhi's garbage: Where to trash it?

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 11:52

New Delhi, 13th July, 2001 – The exploding garbage problem is giving nightmares to the denizens and the government agencies of the capital city alike. Living in Delhi is like living on a waste dump. In the year 2000, out of 8,203 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday, only 4885 metric tonnes got collected and disposed. With the present capacity of the civic bodies limited to handling only the above quantum of solid waste, the 40% gap in generation and collection is estimated to increase by 44% in the current year.
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A Green Spin to the Pujas

Submitted by ToxicsLink on Tue, 10/29/2013 - 16:41

Kolkata 29th October 2013: Durga Puja, this year had much more to offer than the captivating, aesthetic decorations, artistic idols and elaborate themes.
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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

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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.