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Chemical in Products
Our dependency, directly or indirectly, on chemicals is so high that it is almost impossible to find a product that does not have added synthetic chemicals as an important constituent of the product m
Explore MoreEndocrine Disrupting Chemicals
We live in a world in which man‐made chemicals have become a part of our lives. It is impossible to imagine any products which can be manufactured without the use of chemicals. However though many o
Explore MoreLead Paint Campaign
Lead (Pb) compounds have been historically used by paint manufacturers. Several properties of lead make it commercially attractive for its use in paints. It has a color vibrancy and the ability to hol
Explore MorePOPs and Pesticides
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic chemical substances that are highly toxic and persist in the environment. Their bio accumulation through the food web poses high risk of causing advers
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Food SafetyFood Safety Toxics Link has been engaged on the issue of food safety for over a decade. Since then the organisation has bee
Explore MoreMercury Campaign
Mercury is one of the significant environmental offenders closely associated with health care industry. It is mostly found in health care products in its elemental form as a liquid metal. Mercury can
Explore MoreMercury Products Campaign
Project Information Back GroundPhasing out strategy of Mercury containing products in IndiaIndia has ratified the Minamata convention on mercury which is an important step forwardto elimi
Explore MoreFood Safety
Toxics Link has been engaged on the issue of food safety for over a decade. Since then the organisation has been continuously raising issues related to food safety in the public domain and published i
Explore MoreBiomedical Waste
Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) refers to any waste, which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining thereto or in the produc
Explore MoreElectronic Waste
Electronics industry is the world’s largest and fastest growing industry. The last decade has seen a tremendous growth in the manufacturing and consumption of electronic and electrical equipmen
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InterventionsToxics Link research study on Hazardous Waste...Explore MorePublicationsToxics Link publication on Hazardous Waste.........Explore MoreMedia CoverageMedia Coverage on Hazardous Wast
Explore MoreMunicipal Waste
As cities in India reel under the pressure of unplanned urban growth, waste management has taken a backseat. When action is taken, it is to bring in imported 'solutions' which have been discarded in t
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Plastic waste has become one of the most daunting challenges for the world to manage. The unrivalled functional properties of durability, lightweightedness, inexpensiveness and water and shock resista
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Solar energy has now become an essential part of the global move toward clean energy and it will play an essential role in meeting the energy demand challenges in future. Thus it is critical that the
Explore MoreMercury Healthcare
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal, which is bio-accumulative, biomagnifies, and persistent in nature. It metabolizes into the deadly methyl mercury naturally, once it reacts with the bacteria present in
Explore MoreMercury Free Dentistry
WHO considers mercury to be one of the top ten chemicals of public health concern as it causes significant damage to the environment and to the human health. It has toxic effects on the nervous,
Explore MoreDelhi Ridge
The capital city of Delhi is spread around a dry deciduous forestland known as Delhi Ridge, which is a part of the Aravalli Hills, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. This small forest tra
Explore MoreYamuna Manifesto
The Yamuna Manifesto is an outcome of the Yamuna-Elbe river seminar held at the Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi on December 11th and 12th, 2010. The seminar brought together scientists, activists, artis
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Project Y is a public art and outreach project initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Hamburg, and carried out in the framework of “Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities”. It will be
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