Transport

 Drink this

Bhopal tragedy victims to get water supply 20 years too late

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Supreme Court, Toxic Wastes
Agriculture

 No more magic in Abra

People in the Philippines rouse themselves to save the valley of their ancestors

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Sarita Bahl
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Agriculture, Mining, Minerals, Rivers, Health Effects, Fisheries, Philippines
Water Pollution

Evaluation of ground water quality of Bareilly city

The quality of ground water across the Bareilly city has been determined by analyzing different physico-chemical parameters. Alkalinity and hardness of groundwater is beyond the WHO limits. Water quality index of different sites is also calculated.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2004
Harinder Kaur, Neetu Saxena
Journal of Industrial Pollution Control
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater Quality, Bareilly (T), Uttar Pradesh, Drinking Water, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Urban Water Supply, Water Pollution
Industry

 Widespread poisoning

Arsenic has contaminated groundwater in over 12 districts of Pakistan's Punjab and Sindh provinces. The groundwater of the region was declared "dangerous' by the Pakistan Council for Research on

Publication Date: 
30/03/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Arsenic, Pakistan
India

 No alternative

Curbing MTBE leak is best way to stop groundwater pollution

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Pollution Control, Groundwater Pollution, Water Quality, MTBE, United States Of America (US)
Environment

Clouds of injustice: Bhopal disaster 20 years on

Twenty years ago around half a million people were exposed to toxic chemicals during a catastrophic gas leak from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. More than 7,000 people died within days. A further 15,000 died in the following years. Around 100,000 people are suffering chronic and debilitating illnesses for which treatment is largely ineffective.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2004
Amnesty International
Tags:
Environment, Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Human Rights, Government Of India (GOI), Groundwater Pollution
India

 Foul Debris

The UCIL plant is still a health hazard

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Chemical Industry, Health Care, Medical Research, Child Health, Mercury, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Union Carbide, Governance, NGO, India
India

 Serving the symptom

The government still does not know what still afflicts people in Bhopal

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Down to Earth
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Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Chemical Industry, Health Care, Medical Research, Child Health, Mercury, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Union Carbide, Governance, NGO, India
India

 Unsettling

What the Centre and the state government did to rehabilitate victims

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Chemical Industry, Health Care, Medical Research, Child Health, Mercury, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Union Carbide, Governance, NGO, India
India

 Unchecked

Industry flouts weak regulations at will

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Chemical Industry, Health Care, Medical Research, Child Health, Mercury, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Union Carbide, Governance, NGO, India

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