India

 PILing up pressure

HC tells UP government to submit action taken report on fluorosis incidence

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
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Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Cancer, Child Health, Fluorosis, Tuberculosis, High Court, India, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
Mining

 Mine games

New Delhi, November 15

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
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Environment, Aravalli Range, Mining, Water Resources, Groundwater, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Solid Waste, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, Political Parties, India, Haryana, Groundwater Pollution
Environment

 Under siege

Insurgency in Assam has hijacked the attention of policymakers and administrators from crucial public health concerns

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Nava Thakuria
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Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Care, Fluorosis, WHO, Assam
Forests

 Deep cleansing

Rainwater harvesting can purge pollutants too

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Groundwater Pollution, Water Treatment Technology, Water Harvesting, Water Quality, Irrigation, Polio, Research, Australia
Environment

The Bhopal gas tragedy 1984 to? The evasion of corporate responsibility

This paper describes the inadequacies in the response of the Union Carbide Corporation to the accidental release of the highly toxic gas, methyl isocyanate, from its plant in Bhopal, India in 1984. Over 20,000 people are estimated to have died from exposure to this gas since 1984, with some 120,000 chronically ill survivors. Union Carbide fought to avoid compensation or to keep it very low.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2002
Barbara Dinham, Satinath Sarangi
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Environment, Health Effects, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Groundwater Pollution
Economy

 ARSENIC POLLUTION

A recent Nepal Red Cross Society and Environment and Public Health Organisation survey have revealed that the underground water of Rautahat district was contaminated with arsenic. Consequently, the

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Tags:
Water Pollution Control, Groundwater Pollution, Arsenic Poisoning, Governance, Nepal
Water Pollution

 THAILAND

Groundwater sources in Thailand are being contaminated due to poor selection of waste sites. "Studies point out that the dumpsites lack rock barriers that prevent contaminants from leaching,' said

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Groundwater Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Waste Disposal, Thailand
India

 Loose bones

Fluoride contaminated cripples many in villages near Lahore

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
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Groundwater Pollution, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Chemical Industry, Rural Habitat, Child Health, Fluorosis, Physical Disability, Lahore
India

 Ground hero

US scientists develop a quick and accurate method to detect radioactive waste

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
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Groundwater Pollution, Radiation, Nuclear Wastes, Physical Science, Technology, United States Of America (US)
Natural Disasters

 KILLING WATER

High levels of arsenic have been found in the groundwater in many areas around Lahore, Pakistan. Many cases of bone deformities have been reported from these areas. Geochemists say that the presence

Publication Date: 
14/11/2000
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Groundwater Pollution, Arsenic Poisoning, Pakistan

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