Radioactive waste spills over into fields in Jharkhand about 4 hectares of agricultural land in Talsa village near Jamshedpur looks jaundiced. The soil has turned light yellow and villagers fear it might have gone barren. On June 17, radioactive waste from a pond of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (ucil) spilled over and deluged the village pond and well. Fearing radioactive

Mumbai, July 24 A training on e-waste for members of several urban municipal corporations from the western region on Thursday turned into a brainstorming session of sorts when the civic officials highlighted their difficulties in handling not just electronic wastes but also bio-medical wastes in their cities due to absence of proper regulation.

The Kisan Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, threatened the state government with a mass agitation if the latter failed to initiate action against the industrial units discharging effluents in Budda Nullah.

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There is no doubt that plastic does tremendous harm to our bodies and our environment. And the best way to help both is to cut down on its use, says a recent article in Time magazine. But it's not as simple as it sounds. For there is little available in the market today that does not contain plastic in some form.

Yamunanagar, July 16 Two persons were killed and one fell ill after inhaling a poisonous gas that surfaced from a tubewell at Patti village here today. The mishap took place when a farmer, Joginder Singh, along with his servant Ranbir had gone deep into the tubewell to repair a non-functional motor. The police said after the duo did not respond to the family members' calling, Joginder Singh's brother Gurmeet Singh moved down into the tubewell. He found that Joginder Singh and Ranbir were lying dead.

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The State Government on June 27 removed 40 metric ton of toxic waste from the abandoned Union Carbide Plant premises located Bhopal Railway Station and have been disposed of in Peethampur jointly by Madhya Pradesh Waste Management Project and Ramco Enviro Engineers India. "About 40 metric ton chemical waste and clay (lime sludge) was transported from Union Carbide Plant premises on June 27 to Pithampur. The work was executed under the eyes of experts and officials", said JT Ekka, Director, Gas Disaster & Relief Department on Tuesday.