Industry

 Sitting Ducks

As polluting asbestos units and illegal mining thrive amid lax laws, lakhs of workers become easy prey for dreaded diseases

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Mining, Asbestos, Health Effects, Cancer, Industrial Workers, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Industry, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Toxic Wastes
Industry

  Another Alang in the making

Andhra Pradesh is in choppy waters over a proposed ship breaking yard at Vodarevu

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Asbestos, Shipping, Environmental Health, Hazardous Products, Dioxin, Industry, India, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D), Gujarat, Developing Countries, Toxins
India

 Bioprates in the dragnet

Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Insects, Wildlife Act 1972, National Parks, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Legislation, China, Russia, India, Sikkim

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