Three Thai workers were in a critical condition after being exposed to high-level radiation in the country's worst nuclear accident at a recycling plant in the suburbs of Bangkok. Hundreds of people

A government agency in Indonesia has called for a state of emergency to be imposed after smog from forest fires on the island of Sumatra exceeded safe limits. The fires have caused a slight haze

The Danube river system will take several years to rid itself of the cyanide

a study conducted by uk -based ici (Imperial Chemical Industries) on the long-term effects of dumping chemicals in quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire, uk has turned up some

Bangladeshis may still be drinking arsenic laced water

The creation of the first artificial dna gives rise to endless possibilities

The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically modified products. But some say it is weak and watered down to suit US interests

The protocol and its limitations

as france pressed on with mopping-up operations to cleanse parts of its Atlantic coastline polluted by an oil spill recently, a Dutch orinthologist said that oil from the sunken tanker Erika may