India

 Water of death

THE country's "gravest ecological disaster" is shaping up in West Bengal. Concerned by the extent of arsenic poisoning, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an updated and

Publication Date: 
29/04/1996
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, India
India

 Editor's Page

Publication Date: 
29/04/1996
Down to Earth
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Groundwater Pollution, India
Environment

 Quiet strangler

IS WATER pollution all about throwing rubbish and other unwanted things into the water? No. In fact, a harmless activity like farming could lead to something as insidious as nitrate pollution. In

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
Meera Iyer
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Groundwater Pollution
India

 The taste of arsenic

EVEN as diseases caused by arsenic-tainted water continue to ravage several districts of West Bengal, the state government has initiated a Rs 15-crore action plan to supply safe drinking water to the

Publication Date: 
29/06/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, India
Agriculture

 Arsenic contaminates

ARSENIC pollution of groundwater in West Bengal is reportedly threatening 13 border districts in Bangladesh as well. Some people are said to have died because of the pollution in West Bengal, says a

Publication Date: 
29/11/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Scientists, Bangladesh
India

 Disappearing act

Overexploitation, increasing salinity and industrial pollution are threatening groundwater resources in several parts of the country

Publication Date: 
14/07/1993
Uday Shankar
Down to Earth
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Groundwater Pollution, Agriculture, Urban Water Supply, Industry, India, Gujarat, Rajasthan
India

 Fertiliser use is. increasing fit developing world

DESPITE environmental pressure against the use of chemical fertilisers, world fertiliser production increased to 158 million tonnes in 1989, which is a 32 per cent increase over production in

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, April 14, 1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Groundwater Pollution, Chemical Fertilisers, Europe, Developing Countries, Statistics
Environment

Pollution in Bhopal around tragedy site

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carried out a study to assess the status of ground water quality and soil characteristics around Bhopal gas accident site in the surroundings of Union Carbide of India Ltd. (UCIL), Bhopal. The CPCB study confirms presence of heavy metals, pesticides and some of the volatile organic compounds in the soil samples and the groundwater.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2010
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Groundwater Quality, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India
Pesticides And Toxins

Chronic toxicity from Union Carbide

Milind Ghatwai

A day before the Bhopal gas tragedy completes 25 years, the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed that chemicals dumped in the Union Carbide plant continue to contaminate land and groundwater.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution, Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chronic Toxicity, CSE Study, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)
Hazardous Waste

House members call on Dow Chemical to help those harmed by Bhopal Gas Disaster

This is the letter by the Congress of United States, Washington to Chairman & CEO of Dow Chemical Company, Michigan, requesting that Dow ensures that a representative appear in the ongoing legal cases in India regarding Bhopal, that Dow meets the demands of the survivors for medical and economic rehabilitation, and cleans up the soil and groundwater contamination in and around the factory site.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2009
Congress of United States
Tags:
Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Chemical Industry, People, Rehabilitation, Groundwater Quality, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)

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