Further testing of the old Koppers timber treatment plant site has cleared it of posing any danger to the community, the government says.

Uttar Pradesh government may be headed for troubled waters over failure to curb extensive ground water contamination in the Singrauli area of Sonbhadra.

Jharkhand, where most rural and semi-urban pockets and even some urban neighbourhoods are plagued by arsenic and fluoride contamination, received its first state-of-the-art water-testing laboratory

After the TOI report on a study by Central Ground Water Board which confirmed presence of arsenic above permissible limits in several localities of the city , instead of focusing on ways to remove

The groundwater in nearly 31 districts in Uttar Pradesh has been found to have a strong arsenic contamination which exposes the people to slow and consistent toxin.

Contamination Of Water Rings Alarm Bell

Residents of the city may have benefited from better access to groundwater, but it has also given rise to the threat of arsenic poisoning.