Numerous factors, besides nearness to the Union Carbide plant, affected the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy

the European Commission has given its go-ahead to imposing restrictions by 2003 on the public use of 43 chemicals which could cause cancer, damage reproduction or pose a danger to human genes.

Chemicals available in Europe would now be tested and labelled for their adverse impacts

The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To shock the conscience of the country, slowly a body of evidence is emerging studies of the hidden health cost th

A South African company continues to sell Chlordane, a toxic pesticide that is banned worldwide. The South African chemical industry stopped selling the pesticide in March 2000. But Gulf Chemicals, a

Residents of Zamdela town in the Sasolburg province of South Africa are fighting against air pollution. Under the apar

sweden, the president of the European Union, has proposed stringent rules for the European chemical industry to achieve a "non-toxic environment'. European Commission's (EC) recent 10-year plan

four us chemical companies will pay a compensation of us $73 million to clean up ddt-contaminated waste near California's Santa Catalina Island. This amount is the largest compensation