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Bloomberg / Shanghai/hong Kong October 03, 2008, 0:27 IST

China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15 more companies were found to have contaminated products as it widens a crackdown to allay food-safety concerns that have led to global bans.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's food safety watchdog said the level of melamine in Cadbury products was safe, after the multinational sweet maker recalled 11 of its China-made chocolates.

Cadbury recalled the product lines from Taiwan, Australia and Hong Kong after they found traces of the industrial chemical, which has led to more than 53,000 babies falling ill in China over the past few weeks.

India has had a very long history of recycling, which has continued to be practiced in an informal set up mostly by urban poor. From paper, old bottles, plastics, clothes to old machineries- all are seen as potential income source and have been reused and recycled to earn revenue. Ewaste is relatively new entrant to this long list of profitable, recyclable items.

Biomedical waste in India is a serious health and environmental hazard. Despite having a separate legislation for last ten years to handle this kind of waste, it is surprising to note that most medical facilities have failed to manage their waste in a safe

This paper presents a detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based approach for modeling thermal destruction of hazardous wastes in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB)incinerator.

For the urban poor in developing countries, informal waste recycling is a common way to earn income. There are few reliable

This fact sheet intends to describe some of the potential dangers associated with household hazardous wastes (HHW), as well as to provide information about how to property manage and prevent the generation of HHW.

Agartala, Sept 29: Tripura (Central) University students have raised voice both against the varsity authorities and Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) for their alleged inaction over pollution of the water body in the campus while demanding immediate action from the State Government.

nsg India gets into nuclear family On September 6, the 45-member nuclear suppliers group (nsg) lifted its 16-year-old embargo on nuclear commerce with India. The tough negotiations in Vienna went down to the wire after China, which had sounded positive in the run-up to the nsg meeting took a different line. Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Ireland also acted

Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 26, 2008, 0:27 IST

25 countries have restricted Chinese dairy products.

India on Thursday banned the import of Chinese milk and milk- related products, which have been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals.

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